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Active Clubs: A new far-right threat to democratic elections 2024-05-02
Al Jazeera

Across North America and Europe, the far-right Active Clubs movement is expanding at an unprecedented pace, presenting new threats to democratic elections and minorities. With a network of decentralised cells in most states in the United States and European Union member countries, the Active Clubs...

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Protests erupt in Georgia as parliament passes 'foreign influence' bill 2024-05-02
Anadolu Agency

Security forces in the former Soviet republic of Georgia intervened against demonstrators on Wednesday who were attempting to besiege parliament while protesting against a controversial "foreign influence" bill. Protests in the capital Tbilisi against the government's "transparency of foreign...

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The Macron moment 2024-05-02
Korea Times

By Mark Leonard Mark Leonard PARIS – The days of Europe buying its energy from Russia, outsourcing its businesses to China, and relying on the United States for its security are over. The European Union is only mortal and could very well be vanquished at the hands of Vladimir Putin, Xi...

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Modi’s baffling pitch to woo Muslim voters 2024-05-02
Asiatimes

With this year’s elections in progress, every minority vote that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) puts in its column adds to the chance for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition to move past 400 seats in the Lok Sabha elections. Therefore Modi,...

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Democrats cast aside worries of campus protests hurting Biden 2024-05-01
The Hill

Democrats are casting aside worries that college campus protests opposing the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza could spell trouble for President Biden in November. Biden and his White House aides have mostly opted to keep their distance when it comes to weighing in on escalating tensions on campuses around...

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Kamala Harris to visit Florida Wednesday as six-week abortion ban goes into effect 2024-05-01
CNN

Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Florida on Wednesday just hours after a controversial ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy goes into effect in the state, as the Biden campaign ratchets up its strategy of blaming former President Donald Trump for abortion restrictions being...

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Opinion: If Trump wins, I might leave America for good 2024-05-01
CNN

I’ve been an on-again, off-again resident of France for some 44 years, at times quite permanently, more often peripatetically, always in the same building around the corner from the Musée d’Orsay and directly across the Seine from the Tuileries. We were never really forced to make a choice whether...

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Wednesday briefing: How Britain and Ireland came to a diplomatic deadlock over Rwanda 2024-05-01
The Guardian

In today’s newsletter: It is the most fractious time in British-Irish relations since Brexit, as Ireland claims the Rwanda policy is pushing migrants to its borders – and increasing political pressure about immigration • Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First Edition Good morning. Dealing with...

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EU’s future at stake in critical parliamentary election 2024-04-30
Arab News

From June 6 to 9, the most extraordinarily massive election will take place in Europe. It will involve more than 400 million voters in 27 states. In terms of electoral processes, few are more complex. In a single country election, voters normally determine their support based on a few key issues,...

Why Macron wants to give nukes to the EU 2024-04-30
The Spectator

Emmanuel Macron is thinking and saying the unthinkable for a French President of the Republic. This weekend he suggested that French nuclear weapons – the holy grail of French security, intended to ensure that France never relives 1940 – could be put at the disposal of the European Union’s defence....

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