Following the European elections on 9 June, the game has changed. The new configuration of the European Parliament promises a complicated legislature, as the establishment of the far right has materialised and increased its influence in the chamber.
Portugal’s shift to the right in the 10 March elections was particularly significant: Chega, a far-right party, almost tripled its votes to become the country’s third largest party. This phenomenon is taking place between the mirage of the election results …
Over the past decade, the world has witnessed a significant rise in global movements, many of them driven by young people. This phenomenon represents a paradigm shift in the way social and political demonstrations are organised and gain momentum.
COP stands for Conference of the Parties, a (usually annual) meeting of the nearly 200 countries that are party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and are committed to reducing these greenhouse gases to prevent global warming…
Young people are offline from national and European public policies.
Although in recent years we have witnessed an increase in the involvement of young Portuguese in the political process and in civil society initiatives, as confirmed by the study “The …
The economist Javier Milei has won the elections in Argentina by a wide margin, taking 56% of the vote against the left-wing candidate, Sergio Massa, who won 44%.
Argentina has been plunged for years into a spiral of non-stop inflation…
Global Fire Power 2023 ranks Israel among the top 20 countries in the world with the greatest military potential. Although the ranking is once again topped by the United States and major powers such as Russia and China, it is …
As Jews celebrated the biblical holiday Sukkot, Hamas militiamen carried out a terrorist attack that would mark a turning point in history. The Islamist armed wing’s incursion was of an unprecedented calibre: the attack surprised Israelis by land, sea and …
There is a recurring image that I can’t get out of my head: watching a film set in the Second World War, seeing the horrors of Nazism and hearing my mother ask herself: “How could someone do such a …
Fascism is a regime that represses freedom, promotes discrimination and obstructs solidarity. It is undesirable for peace and coexistence. It is therefore important to distinguish what is and what is not fascism.
