Populism

The petulant far right billionaire rips up jobs, risks lives, makes Nazi salutes and taunts anyone who disagrees – then complains

The far right leader demanded French courts get tough on corrupt politicians. Now she is paying the price

Her political ban might boost the National Rally - but equally, it could now crumble. So let’s celebrate

The city’s referendum gives Parisians the chance to have their say. Should Britain do the same?

The shocking treatment of US deportees to El Salvador is just one attraction in Trump’s theme park of brutality. But why do so many Americans seem keen to buy a ticket?

Argentina is one of the most politically forward-thinking countries in Latin America but its president is pushing a narrative that opposes feminism

Reform has thrown out MP Rupert Lowe, again raising the question of whether the British hard right is inevitably destined to tear itself apart

China may soon become the most powerful country on earth – but the UK media has taken its eye off the ball thanks to the circus in America

The excesses of the social justice movements will not be missed – but something even worse has come to take their place

Two new books on the current threat to western democracy come to very different conclusions about who’s to blame and what to do about it

In a new book, the author argues that faced with multiple global crises, western civilisation is under threat – from the inside

The left knows how to fight austerity and centrists, but it has so far failed against the far right. Europe's future rests on its ability to learn

The tech bro’s ally Alice Weidel spouts fake facts and demonises Muslims – and she is getting closer to becoming German chancellor

The leader of one of Germany’s main political parties relied on the extreme right wing AfD party to get his immigration bill through parliament. Big mistake

A populist surge across Europe is being fuelled by young people sick of broken promises, stagnant wages and waning hope. How can Keir Starmer respond?

Some readers are less concerned about the number of people coming to Britain and more worried about the lack of integration

We need government to lead, to inspire and to give people hope. Talk in language that ordinary folk use, and actually go and listen and learn

Could the sleeping giant of Germany’s silent majority mobilise against the AfD?

There's a thin line between "progressives got a lot wrong" and "the far right are winning because they're right"

Stop shouting about how appalled we are by Trump and Farage and learn from our mistakes, to build our own disruptive new agenda of change, respect for ordinary people and pride in our country

Meta firing its fact-checkers is about more than sucking up to Trump. It kickstarts a global fight over the rules of the internet and free speech

The outlook for Europe appears dangerous. Expanding the single market would change things. But can it be done?

With his conspiracy theories, pro-Russian propaganda and hatred of migrants, Le Pen inspired a generation of far right leaders across Europe

After the crisis of October’s parliamentary elections, president Salome Zourabichvili has been the country’s most prominent voice of dissent

Surprise political forces were the story of 2016. Now the world knows they are here to stay – and Britain should brace itself

Labour is a swirl of competing interest groups and right now “the Deliverers” are in charge. But will they be able to see off Musk, Reform and the populist right?

Marine Le Pen stands accused of risking her country’s stability to keep herself out of jail. Sound familiar?

Between the woman in the red jacket and the man in the red jumper, it was the audience who stole the show in the big face-off between Alastair Campbell and Nigel Farage

Across the world, a new coalition is growing – of exhausted people on all sides who are gunning for Scholz, Macron... and Starmer

Reform and the Tories say a US/UK trade deal would ‘vindicate Brexit’. It would also put Britain last

A rudderless EU ignored Trump’s threat and is now terrified and alone. It has two choices – go into overdrive or become irrelevant