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Amid mounting authoritarianism and widespread allegations of election-rigging, will Georgia’s democracy survive parliamentary polls scheduled for 26 October?
Hungarians are being encouraged to fix problems themselves at a local level and it is having results
The French media have boosted the far-right National Rally party. Are the British media doing the same in the UK?
Tbilisi Pride says that it is in the ‘ultimate battle for our lives… and if we lose, we will have to go into exile’
Karam Bales examines the close links between the FSU, the Office for Students and the Government’s drive to legislate on freedom of speech
NatCon Brussels is creating a network of radical right speakers from the UK, Europe and the US which often aim to roll back reproductive and sexuality rights
Whether laughing at racism, or associating with the promoters of eugenics and anti-Muslim think tanks, the Communities Secretary is indicted by his own definition
A scandal involving a pardon to a paedophile’s accomplice has already taken down Hungary’s former justice minister, President, and the head of the Hungarian Reformed Church
Despite their leader’s support for Russia, most Belarusians oppose the war with Ukraine, argues Mark Temnycky
Peter Geoghegan examines the membership and funding of the International Democracy Union.
The significant gains made by the right across Europe in recent years haven’t appeared out of the blue, writes Simon Speakman Cordall
With inflation up, growth down, and 80% of Britons unsatisfied with the political system, Matthew Gwyther explores a catastrophic loss of faith in our economic system
Katherine Denkinson delves into some of the bizarre connections between right-wing student politics, anti-Drag Queen protestors and allegations of smuggling
Matthew Gwyther looks at the public’s contradictory ideas of leadership and how women are (on the whole) confounding them
New data shows how police violence is the “norm” against ethnic minorities and foreign nationals in the EU
Angelo Boccato speaks to experts about the electoral success of Brothers of Italy
The death of a 30-year-old woman through septic shock after being refused an abortion highlights the medical dangers of abortion bans