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Hungarian government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs on refugees: ‘Nobody’s been caged, nobody’s been starved’
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has become something of a poster-boy for Europe’s far right. He’s portrayed himself as the defender of a white, Christian Hungary at risk from refugees and migrants. His government has rewritten the constitution, tightened control over the media and remodelled the justice system. Now in his fourth term in office, he’s taken…
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How the EU elections played out across the continent
Parties with clear, bold ideas on left, right and even centre captured the imagination. But the traditional beasts of the EU are feeling diminished.
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Counting begins across EU states
Turnout appears to be up in several of EU’s biggest countries in the elections for the European parliament
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Challenging the alternative media outlet pumping out anti-immigration stories
Today, New Zealand’s Prime Minister called for a global fight to “weed” out extremism.
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France recalls Italy ambassador amid diplomatic row over ‘yellow vests’ meeting
France withdraws its ambassador to Italy over a dispute ‘without precedent since World War Two’.
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Migrants suffering squalid conditions in Lesbos camp
EU leaders will meet this week to discuss Brexit. But one issue which has consumed most of their discussions over the past two years, and which has helped increase support for the far right, is the arrival of people seeking refuge in Europe. The 2015 migrant crisis changed the political landscape of Europe, but it’s…
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Sir Vince Cable: ‘We need a movement for moderates’
Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable says the UK needs a moderate movement “who completely reject the kind of extremism of the hard left, who’ve taken over the Labour party, and the extremism of the far right, which is taking over the Tory party”.
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Germany protests: several injured after killing
Protesters flashing Nazi salutes clashed last night with counter-demonstrators in a second night of violence in the east German city of Chemnitz.
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Tommy Robinson released from prison on bail after contempt of court appeal
Tommy Robinson, the far right activist has been released from prison on bail – after winning a contempt of court appeal. He’ll now face a fresh hearing over an allegation that he committed the offence by using social media to broadcast from outside a trial. The court of appeal said there had been procedural flaws…
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Max Mosley questioned over racist leaflet
He won a landmark legal victory against the press almost a decade ago, after a tabloid expose into his sex life. Now Max Mosley is threatening to sue three major newspaper groups, insisting they stop publishing details of that expose. But one of the papers, the Daily Mail, has uncovered details of Mr Mosley’s past…
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Trump says ‘racism is evil’ after being criticised for lack of response to Charlotteville
“Racism is evil”: the words of President Trump as he attempted to silence the critics who accused him of a “moral failure” by not explicitly condemning white supremacists and neo-Nazis after a deadly weekend of protests in Charlottesville. Heather Heyer was killed and 19 others were injured after a car ploughed into a crowd of…
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French elections – the final stretch
In defence of liberal values: Barack Obama has made a last minute intervention in the French election to support centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron – saying he was spreading hope not fear.
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France election: Le Pen and Macron spar ahead of run-off
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in rival May Day rallies across France – days before the presidential elections. Scuffles broke out as some protestors hurled petrol bombs at police, who fired tear gas in response. The two candidates – centrist Emmanuel Macron and the far right’s Marine Le Pen – took aim…
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How have world leaders reacted to the election?
Some world leaders have also reacted with shock – although there have been congratulations too – including from Russia’s president Putin and Europe’s far right. In his victory speech earlier, there was a new note of conciliation from Donald Trump – but his election marks a fundamental shift in the world order.
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How the outcasts of French politics have joined the mainstream
Did the apparent political unity that ensued after the terror attacks represent only affluent Paris rather than the concerns and fears of France as a whole?