Europe • Crikey

Macron’s new PM takes French politics from emergency to farce

Megan Clement — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 05:31:15 +0000

History may in fact remember Macron as a handmaiden to the far-right.

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You don’t have to be a Sinophile to know Keating’s right about AUKUS

Bernard Keane — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:48:29 +0000

The ex-PM is the only person offering a convincing explanation of AUKUS. And it's a damning one.

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‘Goodies for the war criminal’: Masha Gessen on Netanyahu, Trump and Rupert Murdoch’s influence in Australia

Charlie Lewis — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 21:20:09 +0000

Ahead of their visit to Australia, acclaimed writer Masha Gessen talks to Crikey about their homeland of Russia, the war in Gaza, the upcoming US election, and reasons to be hopeful.

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No, Europe’s far right has not lost momentum, two key battles don’t make a war

Benjamin Clark — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 23:18:14 +0000

Arguing in the negative in this week's Friday Fight: Crikey columnist Benjamin Clark.

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Yes, recent votes have shown us Europe’s far-right movement has lost momentum

Caitlin Powell — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 23:13:47 +0000

Arguing for the affirmative in this week's Friday Fight: freelance journalist Caitlin Powell.

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We’re beyond the culture wars now people, and it all kicked off with big inflatable baby Trump

Guy Rundle — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 23:56:53 +0000

Donald Trump started it. Boris Johnson gave it a red-hot go. Now the Coalition is having a crack. Across the Anglosphere, right-wing leaders are playing with traditional ideology in pursuit of working- and middle-class voters.

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Far right set to lose in France — just. Its Murdoch-like backer helped it come close

Megan Clement — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 05:42:06 +0000

Marine Le Pen's far-right party is projected to lose the French election. Vincent Bolloré is key to understanding how it came so close.

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Is the Tories’ election wipeout the result Labour dreamt of?

Guy Rundle — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 02:18:07 +0000

The Conservatives are facing their worst performance in modern history. Paradoxically, it may still be a disappointing outcome for Labour.

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The raining champions: The Tories and their royal barrel of calamity

Charlie Lewis — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 01:32:02 +0000

Fourteen frequently bizarre years of Conservative rule in the UK is coming to an appropriately catastrophic end.

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Austerity has broken Britain and imperilled the Tories. Coalition, take note

Benjamin Clark — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 23:48:53 +0000

The likelihood of the next Australian election rehashing the core themes of the 2010 UK vote is rising. Yet we can see where this eventually leads: public ruin and electoral oblivion.

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