William Nattrass

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  • Sep 27, 2024
    War is the overriding focus of the UN General Assembly in New York, and Western momentum behind Ukraine hangs in the balance. President Joe Biden used his farewell speech to the UN...
  • Sep 16, 2024
    Ursula von der Leyen’s second term as European Commission President is not even off the ground, yet the appointment of her new top team is already plagued by...
  • Sep 10, 2024
    The sands are shifting in European perceptions of the need for peace in Ukraine. In a TV interview on Sunday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged intensified effort to end...
  • Sep 2, 2024
    Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was elected on a pledge to tackle illegal migration to Italy across the Mediterranean. Now data suggests her hardline approach — which has...
  • May 30, 2024
    Analysis by the Guardian has uncovered growing opposition to immigration among younger generations in the EU, contradicting accepted wisdom about the nature of support...
  • May 6, 2024
    “A hard-right tidal wave is about to hit the EU,” warned former prime minister Gordon Brown in the Guardian this week. “Ultra-nationalist demagogues...
  • Apr 18, 2024
    With European Parliament elections looming this June, the EU’s Right-wing forces are feeling bullish. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, speaking at the...
  • Apr 12, 2024
    Roberta Metsola, the President of the European Parliament, was in a celebratory mood following the successful passage of the EU’s asylum and migration pact on Wednesday....
  • Apr 3, 2024
    Speaking in the city of Grodno near the infamous Suwałki Gap at the Polish-Lithuanian border on Tuesday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko did little to dispel the...