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Mateusz Sitek, the 21-year-old Polish soldier who died from injuries he sustained after being stabbed by a migrant while defending the Polish border.

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The European Parliament elections in Poland in 2024 were considered by all the main players and commentators as a follow-up to the Polish parliamentary elections of 2023 — so I encourage all readers to read my report on it, as well as my essay on the new liberal government in Poland.

Polish politicians, analysts, and voters have always considered the European Parliament elections as secondary to the national parliamentary elections. (more…)

Péter Magyar (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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The world’s eyes were on Western Europe in Sunday’s European Union elections, where dramatic results were expected in France and Germany. Angelo Plume has already offered an account of these results. But unusual things have been happening in Hungary as well, which has been a focal point of hope for populism ever since Prime Minister Viktor Orbán began his current tenure in 2010.

Hungary wields little power in comparison to the “great nations” of Western Europe. Hungary is only allotted 21 seats out of 720 in the European Parliament, compared to Germany’s 96 and France’s 81. (more…)

National Rally’s leader Jordan Bardella with Marine Le Pen on election night. (Image source: Marine Le Pen’s Facebook wall)

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The European Union Parliament elections have come and gone. While some results were being finalized just this morning, the dust has settled more or less and we can take stock of what occurred.

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We’ll start with what is arguably the most momentous election result. In France, National Rally, of which Marine Le Pen is a member and which is now led by the handsome and charismatic Jordan Bardella, won 31% of the votes and gained 12 seats in the EU Parliament. (more…)

The CSU/CDU alliance, of which European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen is a prominent member, handily dominated the EU elections in Germany. (Image source: The European Parliament’s Flickr page.)

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As we use to say around here, after the famous book title: Im Westen nichts Neues. That’s “Nothing new to report from the West,” but you might know it as All Quiet on the Western Front. (Whoever thought that this was a fitting translation?)

It’s not that there’s nothing new to report, but it’s mainly unspectacular. Everything went exactly as expected with the European Union elections. The only big surprise was Macron’s decision to hold new national elections in France as a result of the voters’ obvious disapproval of the current government’s politics. You have to give it to the French: They don’t do anything by halves. (more…)

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Editor’s Note: This March 22, 2009 British National Party “stump speech” given in Manchester was transcribed by Hyacinth Bouquet. Sadly, the video is incomplete. If anyone has a complete version, or information about where it was filmed, please contact us at [email protected]. (more…)