Latest editorial
Portugal’s ruling Socialist Party gained ground in this week’s local elections at the expense of the communist-led alliance.
Prime Minister Antonio Costa’s Socialists came top in 158 of the country’s 308 biggest municipalities, holding the capital Lisbon but failing to take Porto from an independent.
The Socialist Party vote exceeded 38 per cent, up from its 2015 general election share of 32 per cent.
Italians reject controversial judiciary reforms in a referendum that boosts the left, reports NICK WRIGHT
NICK WRIGHT returns to Berlin and finds a city in darkness and political turmoil
From Reform UK to Trump, Orban and beyond, the far right is organised across borders and growing. Waiting for it to collapse is a fatal error – building an international, locally rooted left alternative is now an urgent necessity., argues ROGER McKENZIE
