15+ hour, 21+ min ago   (1257+ words) Latest polls put Sunday’s vote in NATO’s newest member on a knife-edge. STOCKHOLM — Millions of Swedes will vote in a tense general election on Sunday that is set to deliver a new left-wing government or bring far-right ministers into power…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1183+ words) Former employees and clients of JL Partners say there have been other instances of funders not being declared. LONDON — Questions are swirling around the British polling industry — and piling up for the company implicated in a Reform UK party scandal…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1438+ words) A weekly newsletter on campaigning, lobbying and political influence in the EU. Tips, tales, traumas to [email protected] | View in your browser Hello and welcome to EU Influence! I’m Mari Eccles, using the three waking minutes I haven’t spent at…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (416+ words) BRUSSELS — The number of people claiming asylum in EU countries has fallen sharply, new figures show, with some capitals recording historic lows as tough new rules come into effect. The European Union Agency for Asylum, which oversees operational support for…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (387+ words) “I am convinced that the citizens of Serbia will choose the right path into the future,” Aleksandar Vučić said Wednesday. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has dissolved his country’s parliament and announced snap elections for the end of October as he…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (415+ words) Opponents say the incident is evidence of the party’s hateful nature. PARIS — The National Rally, the party of French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, fired a volunteer security official on Wednesday after body camera footage emerged showing the individual,…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (973+ words) The center-left party’s strategic pivot is likely to deepen Merz’s myriad challenges as questions mount over his ability to lead Germany’s relatively weak coalition government. BERLIN — Friedrich Merz’s center-left coalition partners increasingly see themselves facing a stark choice: Turn against…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (637+ words) The Reform UK leader’s critics have long accused him of having sympathies for Vladimir Putin. Nigel Farage is eager to dispel that perception. LONDON — Nigel Farage’s critics have long accused him of having a weakness on Vladimir Putin. Now Reform…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1137+ words) As the AfD attacks the German chancellor on multiple tactical fronts, his vague response is a pledge to be more compassionate with voters. BERLIN — Germany’s far right is moving to turn its landslide election victory into a knockout blow against…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (298+ words) The tit-for-tat move marks a new escalation in Berlin and Moscow’s worsening diplomatic fight. The German consulate in St. Petersburg must close by Sept. 18, in response to Berlin’s recent “unfriendly actions,” Russia’s foreign ministry announced Monday. While the embassy and…...