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Schengen Strains Under Dutch Border Crashes 

A fatal pile-up at a Dutch checkpoint amid a migrant crisis over Ceuta. Can Schengen survive its own members' choices?

Italy’s Security March Shows the Rightward Mood at Home

The Rome protest by military and police personnel was about pay and pensions on the surface, but it also revealed a deeper political mood: uniformed anger is becoming part of Italy's broader rightward drift.

Italy Pushes to Weaken Green Rules in the EU Budget

Italy's push to weaken green safeguards in the next EU budget shows how climate policy is increasingly being recast as a competitiveness problem rather than a moral one.

Vannacci Rises as Meloni’s Trump Alliance Frays

Meloni built her authority on being the far-right leader Europe could work with; Vannacci's rise and Trump's humiliation are now dismantling that formula from opposite sides.

Populist Divorce: Meloni and the MAGA Civil War

A public break with Trump over Iran and the Pope lifts Meloni's domestic standing, saving her political skin.

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Lebanon Abolishes Execution, America Plans to Broadcast One

Lebanon abolished the death penalty while America plans to broadcast an execution, and the numbers show both trends growing.

‘Theory of Victory’ Hits Diesel Speed Bump

Europe's military commanders prepare to vanquish Moscow as Washington purchases Russian diesel.

Iran: Northern Corridors Soften the Economic Siege

The land blockade will squeeze Tehran painfully. Smugglers, railways and Central Asian partners will sustain commerce regardless.

Super Intelligence: The Datacentre Is the New Science Lab

As Europe funds brilliant laboratories, are datacentre owners harvesting the discoveries?

Strasbourg Naked Golden Trump Trolls the Monument Tradition

A naked golden Trump in Strasbourg shows how statues, once made to flatter rulers, now serve to roast them.