EUROPE

Poland: political deadlock looms

Nationalist’s narrow presidential election win deepens divisions and threatens democratic reforms

Portugal’s far-right surge

Repeated elections see end of two-party stability

Romania’s democracy in turmoil

Centrist candidate secures narrow victory amid rising ultranationalism, digital disinformation and ‘stolen vote’ rhetoric

From grief to action: demands for democratic renewal across the Balkans

Mass protest movements sparked by national tragedies call for systemic change

Hungary’s war on Pride

New law criminalises LGBTQI+ visibility

Turkey’s democratic uprising

Protests confront increasingly autocratic government

Germany’s democracy faces extremism test

Far-right AfD becomes second-largest party and challenges firewall

Belarus: a sham election that fools no one

Non-competitive vote held in climate of fear following civic space crackdown

Moldova sees off Russia’s threat – for now

Referendum and presidential election marred by heavy Moscow influence operation

Georgia: election result threatens further regression

Populist pro-Russian party retains power in vote marred by fraud allegations