cross-posted from: https://retrofed.com/c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world/p/2204687/what-is-the-political-landscape-across-europe-right-now

There’s been a lot of news regarding Andy Burnham becoming the new PM (is he actually changing anything or is it all talk?), the silly election between Farage and Count Binface, the three sort of maybe pro-independence (or pro-unification in the case of Northern Ireland) of the countries within the UK meeting, Burnham possibly looking to reverse Brexit (big if true), etc. Are referendums on the future of the countries of the UK likely, is the reversal of Brexit likely, what policies has Burnham made to improve standard of living?

Is the rise of AfD in Germany a concern, what has the other parties done to slow it down? What has the other parties / incumbent governments across Europe done to respond to the rise of the far-right?

In France, there’s news of student protests that have gotten violent (by both sides), what’s up with that? I’ve heard news of the rise of both LFI (left wing populist, their leader from my understanding is pro-Putin and tankieish, is this true?) and the National Rally (the far-right), what’s happening around that?

What has the new leader of Hungary (Peter Magyar) done to reform? What about other Eurosceptic (or formerly Eurosceptic?) nations like Slovakia? I’ve seen some news regarding recent elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina (where nationalist leaders have been elected), how significant are those?

There’s been lots of drone attacks, tampering of infrastructure, etc. by the Russians on various neighbouring countries (Poland, the Baltics, Moldova, etc.), have those affected the policies of those states in any way? And of course, how is Ukraine doing against the invasion by Russia (has support changed, have there been any significant advances or retreats, etc.)?

And what about Spain, the Nordics, Italy, Portugal, etc.?

  • SolarPunker@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Europe desperately needs a new political class, we actually have the sons of the boomers which aren’t prepared to this time of changes but we are still the most future-proof progressive political project considering the mess with the US downfall and China’s issues. I think the crucial points for the near future are:

    • Making a two speed UE: eurosceptics nations should have less ‘power decisions / financial support’ if they do not apply to the shared rules; Canada addition as partner is great since it can run to be a real member in the future and it make actual members questioning about their conduct. The priority here is to revisionate the veto mechanism, we are already going into that direction after the fall of Orban.
    • Gaza: UE can’t exist without fully dissociate to the genocide, that’s not just for ethical reasons, it’s for soft power and international justice, without these UE has no sense, not a reason or a meaning to exist. This probably require to wait the fall of Donald Trump consequently with most far-rights parties in UE.
    • Ukraine: This is probably the main topic for near-future elections and the most difficult to predict, many pro-putin parties are actually scared about escalation while Rearm Europe hasn’t provided a real political defense union between nations. UE must become e a real multinational-state to solve this.