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Trump vs Europe

Does Donald Trump want to destroy Europe in order to save it, or does he just want to destroy it, period?

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Charles Richardson Europe, Ideas, Political issues, United States, War and peace Leave a comment 15 December 20252 January 2026

Updates – France & Czechia

Good news for the French government for once, and Czechia has a new prime minister.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Party matters Leave a comment 10 December 2025

Results: Argentina & Netherlands

Argentina's president gets a more sympathetic legislature, and Dutch voters turn against the far right.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Latin America 1 Comment 4 November 2025

The Dutch try again

Putting the far right into government in the Netherlands wasn't a success, leading to an early election. Voters need to work out what to do next.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 3 Comments 29 October 2025

Ireland swings left

Ireland gets a far-left president, in a further sign of voter disenchantment with its two traditional parties.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Europe 1 Comment 27 October 2025

Lecornu stays on, for now

France's prime minister is having another try, but it's not clear that his prospects are any better than they were last time.

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Trump, Putin & Netanyahu

For a variety of reasons, Donald Trump has found Benjamin Netanyahu a softer target than Vladimir Putin for his peace prize aspirations. But the basic similarity between them should not be ignored.

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The return of Czechia’s “populist”

Czechs get the expected election result, with their billionaire former prime minister set to return to power.

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Election preview: Czechia

Czechs vote in a election with major strategic implications for central Europe.

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Trump: two more views

Some more perspectives on what Trumpism is and where it is going.

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