The EU and UK increasingly resemble the late Soviet Union in both institutional architecture and ideological rigidity, says Tilak Doshi. A central bureaucracy sets the agenda while parliaments are mere democratic theatre.
Prof James Alexander introduces the Orbán-Roral Divide: that simplistic political binary which posits, on one side, Orbán, Putin, Trump etc., and on the other, Merz, Starmer, Carney, Zelensky – and Rory Stewart.
Viktor Orbán's defeat does not mean Hungarians have rejected his tough on immigration, pro-natalist or Brussels-critical policies, says Michael Mosbacher. Peter Magyar and his Tisza party are Orbánism without Orbán.
Donald Trump has demanded that America's Nato allies send warships to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz within days or risk permanent harm to the alliance, saying words are no longer enough.
Marmalade is to be renamed "citrus marmalade" under Sir Keir Starmer’s EU reset as Labour continues to unwind Brexit freedoms in a bid to boost trade.
Emmanuel Macron has hit back at Donald Trump after the US President mocked him for being shoved by his wife – as the French President called European military action to re-open the Strait of Hormuz "unrealistic".
Europe's Hormuz Armageddon is not merely an energy crisis, says Tilak Doshi. It is the moment the post-war geopolitical illusion ends – and the real multipolar world, cold, hard and unforgiving, begins.
President Trump has said he is strongly considering pulling out of Nato, prompting Keir Starmer to announce a fresh move towards closer ties with Europe and the unwinding of Brexit.
Ursula von der Leyen's nuclear epiphany should trigger her resignation, says Ben Pile, but it won't. It's the latest sign of desperate European elites waking up to the utter catastrophe of their energy policy.
Hungarian journalist Istvan Toth details a European conspiracy to bring down Viktor Orbán in favour of Péter Magyar – and undermine President Trump's efforts to save Europe from its economic and demographic doom spiral.
