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Even her toughest opponents admit she’s played it cleverly. Yet the long-term aims of Italy’s prime minister remain unclear, writes Jon Henley

EU voters go to the polls in a week's time, with far-right, nationalist parties expected to do well in the bloc's next parliament in a time of social and geopolitical uncertainty.

EU voters go to the polls in a week's time, with far-right, nationalist parties expected to do well in the bloc's next parliament in a time of social and geopolitical uncertainty.

He's been seen campaigning on empty beer crates in pubs and playing table tennis. Talking Europe catches up with the lead candidate of the Party of The European Socialists (PES) and asks him what he has learned in this EU election campaign, away from the buttoned-up confines of the Berlaymont…

German Green MEP warns that EU plan to tackle climate crisis will be put at risk by agreement with hard right parties

French far right leader suggests alliance of ID and ECR groups, including Italian PM’s Brothers of Italy

ID group of populist parties cuts off Alternative für Deutschland after its candidate’s comments that SS were ‘not all criminals’

Frontrunner to be European Commission president was questioned over alliances with Meloni and others in face-off with rival candidates

Europe's far-right figureheads Marine Le Pen and Giorgia Meloni are hinting they could join forces following this summer's EU elections, after Le Pen's French party announced a break with its radical German ally AfD. The overtures presage a possible reconfiguration of nationalist parties' alliances after voters decide the next European…

The EU may not want to break out the champagne just yet, as impecunious European consumers cutting back imports are partly responsible.

Researcher uncovers vast Facebook campaign and accuses Meta of ‘lack of willingness’ to counter it