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04.03.202501:36
From the Ferret 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 A far right German politician who handed out weapons and met with neo-Nazis is set to speak at the Homeland Party’s UK conference focused on the mass deportation of migrants.
Alternative For Germany (AfD) politician, Lena Kotré, reportedly distributed Kubotans – self-defence stabbing weapons which are legal in Germany but banned in the UK – at campaign events in Berlin last year.
Kotré, who was reelected to the Brandenburg state parliament in 2024, claimed the weapons would help Germans protect themselves against violence.
She has been confirmed as a speaker at an April conference run by the far-right Homeland Party.
Also speaking at Homeland’s event is the man behind a conspiracy theory cited by white supremacists and mass murderers, as we reported in February.
Alternative For Germany (AfD) politician, Lena Kotré, reportedly distributed Kubotans – self-defence stabbing weapons which are legal in Germany but banned in the UK – at campaign events in Berlin last year.
Kotré, who was reelected to the Brandenburg state parliament in 2024, claimed the weapons would help Germans protect themselves against violence.
She has been confirmed as a speaker at an April conference run by the far-right Homeland Party.
Also speaking at Homeland’s event is the man behind a conspiracy theory cited by white supremacists and mass murderers, as we reported in February.
04.03.202500:36
From Rosalux 🇺🇸 The nine years since Donald Trump first announced that he was running for President have transformed politics in the United States, as he and the actors around him forge a new political coalition and remake the conservative movement that emerged from the Reagan years. Trump managed to unite the increasingly rabid, right-wing Republican base with techno-libertarians and fringe far-right and fascist groups. Both in 2016 and 2024 Democrats assumed that moderate, suburban Republicans wouldn’t go along with him, and both times they were wrong. Clearly, central assumptions about the political centre of the US were outdated and naïve.
Trump’s new coalition marks uncharted territory both for the Republicans and the US as a whole, making it hard to predict how it will wield state power over the medium term. Rifts between the different factions began forming even before Trump took office. Although they continue to manage a tense collaboration so far, there is no telling how long the coalition can hold. Should it blow up, how great the fallout could be is anybody’s guess.
Trump’s new coalition marks uncharted territory both for the Republicans and the US as a whole, making it hard to predict how it will wield state power over the medium term. Rifts between the different factions began forming even before Trump took office. Although they continue to manage a tense collaboration so far, there is no telling how long the coalition can hold. Should it blow up, how great the fallout could be is anybody’s guess.
03.03.202523:37
From the Associated Press 🇺🇸 Elon Musk’s car company is required each year to report to investors all the bad things that could happen to it, and the latest version lists every imaginable threat from costly lawsuits to out-of-control battery fires to war and another epidemic.
But there’s barely any mention in the latest annual update of Musk’s full-bore entry into right-wing politics, which some experts say is turning off potential customers who don’t share his views.
“It’s marketing 101: Don’t involve yourself in politics,” said New York brand consultant Robert Passikoff. “People will stop buying your products.”
It may be too late.
Tesla sales plunged 45% in Europe in January, according to research firm Jato Dynamics, even as overall electric vehicle sales rose. That comes after a report of falling sales in California, its biggest U.S. market, and the first annual drop globally for the company last year.
But there’s barely any mention in the latest annual update of Musk’s full-bore entry into right-wing politics, which some experts say is turning off potential customers who don’t share his views.
“It’s marketing 101: Don’t involve yourself in politics,” said New York brand consultant Robert Passikoff. “People will stop buying your products.”
It may be too late.
Tesla sales plunged 45% in Europe in January, according to research firm Jato Dynamics, even as overall electric vehicle sales rose. That comes after a report of falling sales in California, its biggest U.S. market, and the first annual drop globally for the company last year.
03.03.202522:26
From bne IntelliNews 🇭🇺 Hungary's government is seeking to ban the annual Budapest Pride March by amending the country’s Fundamental Law (Constitution), a move that legal experts describe as an "unconstitutional absurdity." The government argues that the ban is necessary to protect children, but critics warn that it lacks legal justification and risks violating fundamental rights.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban in his annual state of the nation speech on February 22 said that organisers should not bother with this year’s march, which marks its 30th anniversary. Cabinet member Janos Lazar on social media called for banning the event as soon as possible, to which the prime minister replied: "Indeed, clearly spoken."
Further details were left to the prime minister's chief of staff. In a regular weekly press briefing, Gergely Gulyas justified the decision by citing "common sense."
He said the government would introduce its 15th amendment to the Fundamental Law. The proposed changes would enshrine the principle that a child’s right to physical and mental development supersedes all other legal considerations.
He was asked if the government would use police force if participants still chose to take to the streets, Gulyas replied: "The government is not working under the assumption that people won't abide by the regulations."
Prime Minister Viktor Orban in his annual state of the nation speech on February 22 said that organisers should not bother with this year’s march, which marks its 30th anniversary. Cabinet member Janos Lazar on social media called for banning the event as soon as possible, to which the prime minister replied: "Indeed, clearly spoken."
Further details were left to the prime minister's chief of staff. In a regular weekly press briefing, Gergely Gulyas justified the decision by citing "common sense."
He said the government would introduce its 15th amendment to the Fundamental Law. The proposed changes would enshrine the principle that a child’s right to physical and mental development supersedes all other legal considerations.
He was asked if the government would use police force if participants still chose to take to the streets, Gulyas replied: "The government is not working under the assumption that people won't abide by the regulations."
03.03.202521:51
From the Guardian 🇺🇸 A natalist conference featuring speakers including self-described eugenicists and promoters of race science, apparently including the man behind a previously pseudonymous race-science influencer account, and the founder of a startup offering IQ screening for IVF embryos, will be held at a hotel and conference venue operated by the public University of Texas, Austin.
The conference, scheduled for 28-29 March, is being organized by Kevin Dolan, who the Guardian identified in 2021 as the person behind a Twitter account that was prominent in the far-right “DezNat” movement, and last year as the organizer of the first conference. It is the second time the conference has been held, and once again, the speakers roster runs from provocateurs who emerged from the “fascist fitness scene” to practitioners of “liberal eugenics”.
Patrik Hermannson, a researcher at Hope Not Hate, a UK anti-hate nonprofit, said that the pro-natalism beliefs informing the Natal conference was one of the crucial planks of “the modern race science movement”.
The conference, scheduled for 28-29 March, is being organized by Kevin Dolan, who the Guardian identified in 2021 as the person behind a Twitter account that was prominent in the far-right “DezNat” movement, and last year as the organizer of the first conference. It is the second time the conference has been held, and once again, the speakers roster runs from provocateurs who emerged from the “fascist fitness scene” to practitioners of “liberal eugenics”.
Patrik Hermannson, a researcher at Hope Not Hate, a UK anti-hate nonprofit, said that the pro-natalism beliefs informing the Natal conference was one of the crucial planks of “the modern race science movement”.
01.03.202519:33
🇮🇱 🇸🇾 Israeli outlets are reporting that the country is planning on expanding troop presence 15 kilometers further into Syria.
They also plan to maintain a “sphere of influence" 60 kilometers beyond the illegally occupied Golan Heights, which Israeli intelligence would “monitor and prevent potential threats from developing”
This would increase the area occupied by Israel by around 5,000 km2, and would include parts of the Syrian capital, Damascus.
They also plan to maintain a “sphere of influence" 60 kilometers beyond the illegally occupied Golan Heights, which Israeli intelligence would “monitor and prevent potential threats from developing”
This would increase the area occupied by Israel by around 5,000 km2, and would include parts of the Syrian capital, Damascus.
28.02.202521:55
From The Middle East Monitor 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 Hundreds gathered at an ultranationalist rally last night, where several right-wing Israeli lawmakers called for the mass removal of Palestinians from Gaza, echoing US President Donald Trump’s proposal to “clean out” the territory and transform it into a luxury coastal development.
According to the Times of Israel, Environment Protection Minister Idit Silman of the ruling Likud party stated that the only viable solution was to “empty Gaza of Gazans” and insisted that Israel must also take control of Jenin and Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Silman framed her stance as “encouraging emigration”, aligning with some speakers at the rally while others pushed for even harsher measures. Likud MK Nissim Vaturi called for the removal of “all Arabs from Gaza” and extended the demand to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
“We need to wake up. We need to expel the Arabs from here. We need to expel everyone now. Send them to countries who want them so badly. We should not be afraid because God is with us,” concluded Vaturi.
Former National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, also addressed the crowd, supporting the “voluntary emigration” of Palestinians from Gaza and urging the government to halt all humanitarian aid flowing through Israel into the besieged territory.
According to the Times of Israel, Environment Protection Minister Idit Silman of the ruling Likud party stated that the only viable solution was to “empty Gaza of Gazans” and insisted that Israel must also take control of Jenin and Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Silman framed her stance as “encouraging emigration”, aligning with some speakers at the rally while others pushed for even harsher measures. Likud MK Nissim Vaturi called for the removal of “all Arabs from Gaza” and extended the demand to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
“We need to wake up. We need to expel the Arabs from here. We need to expel everyone now. Send them to countries who want them so badly. We should not be afraid because God is with us,” concluded Vaturi.
Former National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, also addressed the crowd, supporting the “voluntary emigration” of Palestinians from Gaza and urging the government to halt all humanitarian aid flowing through Israel into the besieged territory.
28.02.202520:51
From Inkstick: When mobs of Donald Trump’s supporters raided the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was their attempt to roll back the results of a democratic election part of a pattern that spanned across global borders?
Well, yes, according to a new paper Ka Ming Chan has written for the British Journal of Political Science. But Chan also asked whether a far-right insurrection in one country might have a detrimental impact on a far-right party’s support base in another.
The paper drew a comparison between the US Capitol riot and the 2023 Brazilian Congress attack, when backers of Jair Bolsonaro attacked federal buildings in Brasília. In both cases, supporters of a recently defeated, far-right president tried to “deny the legitimacy of the electoral game,” Chan wrote, and attempted “to perpetuate the power of their losing president.”
Then, the author examined the cases of Germany and the Netherlands, asking whether the US insurrection could “reduce” support for far-right parties in both European nations.
When a far-right insurrection takes place elsewhere in the world, Chan argued, “it becomes difficult for domestic citizens to ignore the threats to democracy posed by the far-right parties.” In some cases, coup attempts abroad can even lead to a “transnational learning process.”
Well, yes, according to a new paper Ka Ming Chan has written for the British Journal of Political Science. But Chan also asked whether a far-right insurrection in one country might have a detrimental impact on a far-right party’s support base in another.
The paper drew a comparison between the US Capitol riot and the 2023 Brazilian Congress attack, when backers of Jair Bolsonaro attacked federal buildings in Brasília. In both cases, supporters of a recently defeated, far-right president tried to “deny the legitimacy of the electoral game,” Chan wrote, and attempted “to perpetuate the power of their losing president.”
Then, the author examined the cases of Germany and the Netherlands, asking whether the US insurrection could “reduce” support for far-right parties in both European nations.
When a far-right insurrection takes place elsewhere in the world, Chan argued, “it becomes difficult for domestic citizens to ignore the threats to democracy posed by the far-right parties.” In some cases, coup attempts abroad can even lead to a “transnational learning process.”
28.02.202519:42
From Fast Company 🇺🇸 There’s a new website that tracks how much of Project 2025, the 922-page conservative playbook, has already come to fruition under President Donald Trump’s administration. It shows that, in less than two months, more than a third of the right-wing agenda’s objectives have been fulfilled.
The site, called Project 2025 Tracker, is broken down into bite-sized sections based on the goals laid out in the document. Project 2025 was written by the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation and several members of Trump’s first administration, and although the President distanced himself from the document on the campaign trail, he’s since said he agrees with many parts of it. His administration has already proved itself to be at least partially aligned with the project’s policy goals.
While other major media outlets have compiled list-style round-ups of President Trump’s executive orders thus far, the tracker takes a more visual, big-picture approach to understanding how closely Trump’s second term is mapping onto a far-right blueprint—including a Project 2025 progress bar.
The site, called Project 2025 Tracker, is broken down into bite-sized sections based on the goals laid out in the document. Project 2025 was written by the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation and several members of Trump’s first administration, and although the President distanced himself from the document on the campaign trail, he’s since said he agrees with many parts of it. His administration has already proved itself to be at least partially aligned with the project’s policy goals.
While other major media outlets have compiled list-style round-ups of President Trump’s executive orders thus far, the tracker takes a more visual, big-picture approach to understanding how closely Trump’s second term is mapping onto a far-right blueprint—including a Project 2025 progress bar.
28.02.202518:50
From the Independent 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 Talks between Ukraine and the US ended in chaos today after a White House meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump descended into a furious shouting match.
The much-anticipated encounter between the Ukrainian president and US president started promisingly but within minutes had fallen apart in front of the world’s media.
Trump and his deputy JD Vance accused the Ukrainian leader of gambling with World War Three and accused him of being “disrespectful” and “ungrateful”.
Mr Trump claimed Mr Zelensky would have no power without him and said he could either make a deal or “fight it out”.
The critical minerals deal between Ukraine and the US now looks to be in tatters as Mr Zelensky looked set to leave the discussions early. A press conference between him and President Trump was cancelled.
The much-anticipated encounter between the Ukrainian president and US president started promisingly but within minutes had fallen apart in front of the world’s media.
Trump and his deputy JD Vance accused the Ukrainian leader of gambling with World War Three and accused him of being “disrespectful” and “ungrateful”.
Mr Trump claimed Mr Zelensky would have no power without him and said he could either make a deal or “fight it out”.
The critical minerals deal between Ukraine and the US now looks to be in tatters as Mr Zelensky looked set to leave the discussions early. A press conference between him and President Trump was cancelled.
28.02.202518:44
🇬🇧 A Conservative peer hosted far-right activists in parliament, HOPE not hate can reveal.
Lord Moylan, a former advisor to Boris Johnson, sponsored a discussion event in a House of Lords committee room this week. Sat on the panel with him were two far-right activists.
One was Charlie Downes, a political commentator who has praised Enoch Powell and spoken at anti-migrant demonstrations. Downes has written: “Remigration is a political and demographic necessity.” Remigration is a euphemism for mass deportations of migrants both illegal and legal.
Also at the House of Lords event was Jake Scott, a former campaigner in Laurence Fox’s Reclaim Party. Scott co-founded The Mallard, a far-right commentary website, and has similarly endorsed Enoch Powell. In group chats leaked to HOPE not hate, Scott joked with Mallard colleagues about adding swastikas into articles and said that a gay commentator should be “castrated”.
Lord Moylan, a former advisor to Boris Johnson, sponsored a discussion event in a House of Lords committee room this week. Sat on the panel with him were two far-right activists.
One was Charlie Downes, a political commentator who has praised Enoch Powell and spoken at anti-migrant demonstrations. Downes has written: “Remigration is a political and demographic necessity.” Remigration is a euphemism for mass deportations of migrants both illegal and legal.
Also at the House of Lords event was Jake Scott, a former campaigner in Laurence Fox’s Reclaim Party. Scott co-founded The Mallard, a far-right commentary website, and has similarly endorsed Enoch Powell. In group chats leaked to HOPE not hate, Scott joked with Mallard colleagues about adding swastikas into articles and said that a gay commentator should be “castrated”.
28.02.202517:52
From the Economist 🇪🇺 On February 23rd more than one in five German voters supported the hard-right Alternative for Germany. The party—which is under surveillance by domestic spooks for suspected extremism—doubled its vote share from the previous election and received more votes than any hard-right group in the country since 1933. Not so long ago this would have been unthinkable in a stable, wealthy and moderate democracy in the heart of Europe. But over the past 15 years hard-right parties have made substantial gains across the region. Drawing on the work of political scientists, our analysis shows that they now make up Europe’s most popular family of political parties by vote share, beating out the conservative and social-democratic blocs for the first time in modern European history.
28.02.202517:29
🇩🇪 This week we saw the electoral consequences of a failed economic paradigm: The parties comprising the market fundamentalist conservatives and right-wingers achieved a landslide victory in Germany. The CDU/CSU, led by the former head of Blackrock Germany, Friedrich Merz, won 28.5% of the vote and the Alternative for Germany (AfD), the far-right party of former Goldman Sachs banker, Alice Weidel, won 20.8%. What had started as Germany’s “progress coalition” of social democrats, greens, and liberals failed. There were two key turning points: In 2022, the energy crisis in the wake of the Ukraine war hit the country hard, and free-market dogmatism delayed the response to price explosions. In 2023, economists who had long argued that markets were perfectly capable of handling the energy crisis and no major government measures were needed proclaimed that there was “not even a recession.” Without an emergency situation, it appeared as if there was no need to suspend the debt brake, a stringent fiscal rule that tied the government’s hands. Germany did enter a recession, and the economic crisis ultimately brought down the government.
The reasons behind this result? A loss of confidence in the government, a bitter migration debate, the loss of real wages in recent years, and an ongoing economic crisis. In particular, frustration with economic conditions strengthened the far-right AfD. Because when the economic pie starts shrinking, the struggles over how to divide it escalate.
From the Nation: Why it is more important than ever that civil society, trade unions, and progressives within and outside parliament stand up to market fundamentalism to combat the rise of the far-right
The reasons behind this result? A loss of confidence in the government, a bitter migration debate, the loss of real wages in recent years, and an ongoing economic crisis. In particular, frustration with economic conditions strengthened the far-right AfD. Because when the economic pie starts shrinking, the struggles over how to divide it escalate.
From the Nation: Why it is more important than ever that civil society, trade unions, and progressives within and outside parliament stand up to market fundamentalism to combat the rise of the far-right
28.02.202516:32
From the New Arab 🇮🇱 🇪🇺 Israel is establishing relations with far-right political parties in Europe, removing a long-standing cordon sanitaire that will see the government openly work with groups with known links to anti-semites and Holocaust deniers.
"We do not agree with the entire platform of these parties or with every statement made by their leaders, but we believe that we can have a dialogue with them," one official said.
These far-right parties include the National Rally 🇫🇷, Vox 🇪🇸, and the Sweden Democrats 🇸🇪, who have been vocally supportive of Israel since the start of the war on Gaza, using it to push their stridently anti-Islam and anti-immigrant messaging.
The ministry is also considering working with the Alternative for Germany 🇩🇪 and the Austrian Freedom Party 🇦🇹 – both parties with links to neo-Nazis – though a final decision is yet to be made.
Israel has long counted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban – whose party has been accused of tolerating antisemitism – among its closest allies but reportedly began outreach to far-right parties in other European countries when current Defence Minister Israel Katz was serving as foreign minister.
"We do not agree with the entire platform of these parties or with every statement made by their leaders, but we believe that we can have a dialogue with them," one official said.
These far-right parties include the National Rally 🇫🇷, Vox 🇪🇸, and the Sweden Democrats 🇸🇪, who have been vocally supportive of Israel since the start of the war on Gaza, using it to push their stridently anti-Islam and anti-immigrant messaging.
The ministry is also considering working with the Alternative for Germany 🇩🇪 and the Austrian Freedom Party 🇦🇹 – both parties with links to neo-Nazis – though a final decision is yet to be made.
Israel has long counted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban – whose party has been accused of tolerating antisemitism – among its closest allies but reportedly began outreach to far-right parties in other European countries when current Defence Minister Israel Katz was serving as foreign minister.
28.02.202515:15
🇺🇸 🇧🇷 Utah Senator Mike Lee is proposing placing “Brazilian Voldemort” aka Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes, under Magnitsky Act sanctions.
The US law is intended to “impose economic sanctions and deny entry into the United States to foreign persons identified as engaging in human rights violations or corruption.”
Moraes has been a central figure in recent efforts to combat the rise of far-right extremism in Brazil. This has brought him under the ire of the supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been banned from running in the 2026 Brazilian presidential elections for his attempted coup after losing re-election in 2022.
Bolsonaro has been hoping to leverage his relationship with Republicans in the United States to pressure the Brazilian government to lift his ban from office, and Senator Lee has been one of the former president’s most vocal supporters in the US Congress.
The US law is intended to “impose economic sanctions and deny entry into the United States to foreign persons identified as engaging in human rights violations or corruption.”
Moraes has been a central figure in recent efforts to combat the rise of far-right extremism in Brazil. This has brought him under the ire of the supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been banned from running in the 2026 Brazilian presidential elections for his attempted coup after losing re-election in 2022.
Bolsonaro has been hoping to leverage his relationship with Republicans in the United States to pressure the Brazilian government to lift his ban from office, and Senator Lee has been one of the former president’s most vocal supporters in the US Congress.
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23.02.202523:29
🇩🇪 The left populist Die Linke obtained the most votes among people aged 18-24 in the 2025 German elections. Overall, that age cohort voted 49% to 39% for left of center parties compared to right of center parties. However, there are strong gender differences in voting patterns.
34% of women voted for Linke, while the most voted party among men was the far-right Alternative for Germany with 25%.
Women preferred left of center parties 59% vs. 28%, while men preferred right of center parties 49-38%, a 42% difference.
This continues to demonstrate the strong gender polarization emerging in western countries among younger people.
Note: Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) is difficult to classify, as it is socially conservative while promoting economically redistributionist policies. It is thus classified as neither left of center or right of center for the purpose of this analysis.
34% of women voted for Linke, while the most voted party among men was the far-right Alternative for Germany with 25%.
Women preferred left of center parties 59% vs. 28%, while men preferred right of center parties 49-38%, a 42% difference.
This continues to demonstrate the strong gender polarization emerging in western countries among younger people.
Note: Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) is difficult to classify, as it is socially conservative while promoting economically redistributionist policies. It is thus classified as neither left of center or right of center for the purpose of this analysis.
24.02.202502:52
🇺🇸 US President Donald Trump has announced that the far-right podcaster, Dan Bongino, will be nominated to become the next deputy director of the FBI.
Bongino served as a member of the secret service until leaving to make several failed runs for Congress as a Republican.
He has since shifted his focus to right wing media, at one point stating that his “entire life right now is about owning the libs. That's it”
Bongino is known for his hard right stances, and for championing whatever the right wing cause is at the moment.
Bongino served as a member of the secret service until leaving to make several failed runs for Congress as a Republican.
He has since shifted his focus to right wing media, at one point stating that his “entire life right now is about owning the libs. That's it”
Bongino is known for his hard right stances, and for championing whatever the right wing cause is at the moment.
01.03.202519:33
🇮🇱 🇸🇾 Israeli outlets are reporting that the country is planning on expanding troop presence 15 kilometers further into Syria.
They also plan to maintain a “sphere of influence" 60 kilometers beyond the illegally occupied Golan Heights, which Israeli intelligence would “monitor and prevent potential threats from developing”
This would increase the area occupied by Israel by around 5,000 km2, and would include parts of the Syrian capital, Damascus.
They also plan to maintain a “sphere of influence" 60 kilometers beyond the illegally occupied Golan Heights, which Israeli intelligence would “monitor and prevent potential threats from developing”
This would increase the area occupied by Israel by around 5,000 km2, and would include parts of the Syrian capital, Damascus.
12.02.202514:28
🇦🇹 The far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) has announced that its negotiations to form the first far-right led government in the country since World War 2 have collapsed.
They have returned the mandate to the president, which means either another round of talks to form a grand coalition, or new elections.
Per Reuters, some of the issues included proposals by the FPÖ to interpret international courts' rulings as restrictively as possible, asking for Austrian exceptions to EU sanctions against Russia, and paying damages to those "harmed" by legislation on COVID-19.
The FPÖ had been driving such a hard bargain since polling showed them making huge gains compared to the September 2024 election where they achieved 28.8%.
One poll near the start of discussions put them as high at 39%, while their potential coalition partners, the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), were losing voters to the FPÖ.
However, the FPÖ’s numbers had begun to taper off, leading to the negotiations collapsing.
They have returned the mandate to the president, which means either another round of talks to form a grand coalition, or new elections.
Per Reuters, some of the issues included proposals by the FPÖ to interpret international courts' rulings as restrictively as possible, asking for Austrian exceptions to EU sanctions against Russia, and paying damages to those "harmed" by legislation on COVID-19.
The FPÖ had been driving such a hard bargain since polling showed them making huge gains compared to the September 2024 election where they achieved 28.8%.
One poll near the start of discussions put them as high at 39%, while their potential coalition partners, the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), were losing voters to the FPÖ.
However, the FPÖ’s numbers had begun to taper off, leading to the negotiations collapsing.
23.02.202515:45
🇺🇸 Musk asserts that “non-existent people or the identities of dead people are being used to collect paychecks” from the federal government.
He also implies that checking emails is an effective way of measuring worker productivity.
Musk’s tweet comes shortly after reporting that Trump appointed agency heads are telling workers to ignore his email asking for five bullet points on what they accomplished last week.
It was sent over the weekend when the vast majority of federal workers are off, with a deadline to respond by midnight on Monday.
Musk has said that not responding will be considered a resignation, but the email itself gives no indication that this is the case, and agency heads are claiming otherwise.
He also implies that checking emails is an effective way of measuring worker productivity.
Musk’s tweet comes shortly after reporting that Trump appointed agency heads are telling workers to ignore his email asking for five bullet points on what they accomplished last week.
It was sent over the weekend when the vast majority of federal workers are off, with a deadline to respond by midnight on Monday.
Musk has said that not responding will be considered a resignation, but the email itself gives no indication that this is the case, and agency heads are claiming otherwise.
23.02.202500:05
🇺🇸 🇪🇸 Elon Musk is now claiming that the far-right Spanish party, “Vox will win the next election.”
This week he met with the party’s leader, Santiago Abascal, on the sidelines of CPAC USA 2025.
Elon Musk has recently been suggesting as part of his plans to “Make Europe Great Again” that he could donate up to $100 million to the far-right Reform UK 🇬🇧.
Additionally, Vox has previously fundraised from abroad, taking over €1 million from an Iranian cult to help launch the party, and receiving a €9.2 million “loan” from a bank linked to the Hungarian 🇭🇺 prime minister for the 2023 Spanish elections.
This week he met with the party’s leader, Santiago Abascal, on the sidelines of CPAC USA 2025.
Elon Musk has recently been suggesting as part of his plans to “Make Europe Great Again” that he could donate up to $100 million to the far-right Reform UK 🇬🇧.
Additionally, Vox has previously fundraised from abroad, taking over €1 million from an Iranian cult to help launch the party, and receiving a €9.2 million “loan” from a bank linked to the Hungarian 🇭🇺 prime minister for the 2023 Spanish elections.
26.02.202515:50
🇺🇸 Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has sent out an email to the newspaper's staff saying that he is going to narrow the focus of its opinion pages to be “in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.”
The Washington Post is the third most circulated newspaper in the United States.
He claims in the email that “I am of America and for America. Our country did not get here by being typical. And a big part of America’s success has been freedom in the economic realm and everywhere else. Freedom is ethical — it minimizes coercion — and practical [sic] — it drives creativity, invention and prosperity”
He says that “viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others” and asserts that supporters of “free markets and personal liberties… are underserved in the current market of ideas and news opinion”
The Washington Post’s opinion editor, David Shipley, will be exiting the paper as part of the move.
The Washington Post is the third most circulated newspaper in the United States.
He claims in the email that “I am of America and for America. Our country did not get here by being typical. And a big part of America’s success has been freedom in the economic realm and everywhere else. Freedom is ethical — it minimizes coercion — and practical [sic] — it drives creativity, invention and prosperity”
He says that “viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others” and asserts that supporters of “free markets and personal liberties… are underserved in the current market of ideas and news opinion”
The Washington Post’s opinion editor, David Shipley, will be exiting the paper as part of the move.
23.02.202517:20
🇩🇪 The first exit polls have been released for the 2025 German elections.
The right wing CDU/CSU alliance is set to obtain first place with 29%.
Meanwhile, the far-right AfD is set to nearly double its previous results, obtaining 19.5%, the best result for the German far-right since WW2.
The left populist Linke party is projected to obtain a strong 8.5% of the vote, beating expectations, while both the libertarian FDP and the anti-immigrant BSW are projected to fall below the 5% threshold.
While it is hard to make definitive declarations given the margin of error, it appears that the next government will be led by the CDU/CSU with the SPD, AfD, or Greens as potential junior partners.
Leaders within the CDU/CSU have previously ruled out a government with the AfD and the Greens, which means that a grand coalition between the CDU/CSU and SPD is the most likely outcome. But if the FDP or BSW enter parliament, coalition formation could become significantly more complicated.
The right wing CDU/CSU alliance is set to obtain first place with 29%.
Meanwhile, the far-right AfD is set to nearly double its previous results, obtaining 19.5%, the best result for the German far-right since WW2.
The left populist Linke party is projected to obtain a strong 8.5% of the vote, beating expectations, while both the libertarian FDP and the anti-immigrant BSW are projected to fall below the 5% threshold.
While it is hard to make definitive declarations given the margin of error, it appears that the next government will be led by the CDU/CSU with the SPD, AfD, or Greens as potential junior partners.
Leaders within the CDU/CSU have previously ruled out a government with the AfD and the Greens, which means that a grand coalition between the CDU/CSU and SPD is the most likely outcome. But if the FDP or BSW enter parliament, coalition formation could become significantly more complicated.
11.02.202516:51
🇮🇪 🇪🇸 Ryanair, the Irish ultra low-cost airline, has sent out an email to its Spanish marketing list with the subject line “Avoid the circus🤡” and depicting the Spanish Minister of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and Agenda 2030, Pablo Bustinduy, as a clown.
The Ryanair CEO, Michael O’Leary, had previously attacked him as a “crazy communist minister.”
The email offers to sell 179,000 flights for just €19.99, offering the discount before “some clown will regulate the prices higher.”
This is clearly in response to Bustinduy’s imposition of a €179,000 fine against four airlines for charging passengers to take their suitcase into aircraft cabins, as well as their fees for selecting seats for children and dependents.
Last month, Bustinduy said that “Ryanair’s strategy involves blackmail, pressure and also insults to pursue its objective: multiply its profits.”
However, the use of Ryanair’s emails to insert itself into domestic politics and campaign against a minister is a new development.
The Ryanair CEO, Michael O’Leary, had previously attacked him as a “crazy communist minister.”
The email offers to sell 179,000 flights for just €19.99, offering the discount before “some clown will regulate the prices higher.”
This is clearly in response to Bustinduy’s imposition of a €179,000 fine against four airlines for charging passengers to take their suitcase into aircraft cabins, as well as their fees for selecting seats for children and dependents.
Last month, Bustinduy said that “Ryanair’s strategy involves blackmail, pressure and also insults to pursue its objective: multiply its profits.”
However, the use of Ryanair’s emails to insert itself into domestic politics and campaign against a minister is a new development.
22.02.202523:33
An email has been sent out over the weekend to federal employees requesting that they “reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week” with a deadline of Monday at 11:59pm Washington DC time.
Musk separately tweeted out that “failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”
However, the email gives no such indication that not responding will have those consequences.
Musk separately tweeted out that “failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”
However, the email gives no such indication that not responding will have those consequences.
Көбүрөөк функцияларды ачуу үчүн кириңиз.