United Europe did not emerge from a vacuum. Its birth was a response to World War II, which shattered the old world order and brought a new existential threat in the form of the Soviet Union and communism.
The Labour Party of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, which won last year’s snap parliamentary elections, suffered a major setback in the 1 May local elections in England.
On May 2, the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution determined that the Alternative for Germany (AfD) warrants classification as a far-right, extremist party.
On 4 May, Romania held the first round of presidential elections. The leader of the far-right AUR party, George Simion, achieved a surprisingly high result – 40.96% of the vote.
On 6 May, the Bundestag is set to confirm Friedrich Merz as Chancellor. If the vote goes as expected, Germany will have a new government two and a half months after the elections, and its allies will once again see a politically stable Berlin.