Amsterdam’s mayor has sparked debate across Europe after suggesting that regulating the cocaine market could be more effective than continuing traditional criminal enforcement. Femke Halsema recently argued that decades of aggressive drug enforcement have failed to stop the cocaine trade and instead strengthened organized crime networks operating across Europe. Speaking in interviews and policy…
For sixteen years, Viktor Orbán has been the standard-bearer of European nationalist politics: the man who rewrote Hungary's constitution, turned the country into what critics call an electoral autocracy, and became the only European leader that MAGA voters know by name. But with Hungary's parliamentary elections approaching on April 12th, Orbán's grip on power is slipping.
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US President Donald Trump ’s allies have taken a major interest in European politics over the last 18 months, attempting to boost far-right leaders in Albania, Germany, and Poland. Now, Vice President JD Vance is aiming to boost MAGA’s closest ally on the continent: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Vance reportedly plans to visit Hungary in the…