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Presidential Election of 2024

Marine Le Pen Falls to the Rule of Law and a Great Battle Looms

Marine Le Pen Falls to the Rule of Law and a Great Battle Looms

Last year, Marine Le Pen spoke menacingly of the possible fallout from her trial on embezzlement charges. “Tomorrow, potentially, millions and millions of French people will see themselves deprived of their candidate for the presidency.” After a court disqualified her on Monday from running for public office for five years, those millions of French voters […]

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Merz Challenges Germans to Make a Bold Strategic Shift. Will They Do It?

Merz Challenges Germans to Make a Bold Strategic Shift. Will They Do It?

Germany’s centrist politicians are losing votes to the far right and the far left. They are losing faith in America, their longtime friend and protector. And they are rapidly losing what could be their best chance to address both those problems at once. The German government in waiting, led by the likely next chancellor, Friedrich

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Shocked by Trump Meeting, Zelensky and Ukraine Try to Forge a Path Forward

Shocked by Trump Meeting, Zelensky and Ukraine Try to Forge a Path Forward

For months leading into the American elections last fall, the prospect of a second Trump presidency deepened uncertainty among Ukrainians over how enduring American support would prove in a war threatening their national survival. After President Volodymyr Zelensky’s disastrous meeting with President Trump in the White House on Friday, many Ukrainians were moving toward a

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Some European Allies Fear Trump Is Out to Destroy Them

Some European Allies Fear Trump Is Out to Destroy Them

Follow live updates on the Trump administration here. During his first term in office, President Trump described the European Union “as a foe,” established “to hurt the United States on trade.” He repeated the charge at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, but in more vulgar terms: “The European Union was formed in order to screw

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