EUROPE

ITALY: ‘Trust between voters and political elites is largely missing’

GERMANY: ‘The firewall has failed to curb the far right’s rise and won it protest votes’

Serbia: from protest to power

Gen Z-backed slate defeats autocratic leader after two years of resistance to corruption and repression

FRANCE: ‘The government should learn to respect its people, listen to them and consult them’

France’s student protests: a new generation demands respect

Gen Z-led protests spread across Europe, with poor public services and unaffordable housing as key triggers

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

TURKEY: ‘State policy is criminalising the existence of LGBTQI+ people’

Russia: a stage-managed vote and a war with no end in sight

Record parliamentary supermajority for Putin after authorities bar the sole peace party

CONFLICT | CRISIS

Sweden: far right in retreat

Anti-migrant party loses support, but its agenda looks set to outlast the setback

SOCIAL MEDIA: ‘Fundamental rights are not optional for technology companies’

Europe’s summer of tourism protests

Albanians resist a Trump family resort while Italians fight for beach access

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT