Ma este Európa szíve erősebben dobog Magyarországon.

Europe’s heart is beating stronger in Hungary tonight.

Hungary has chosen Europe.

Europe has always chosen Hungary.

A country reclaims its European path.

The Union grows stronger.

Péter Magyar victory speech:

"We want to make a country where no one is persecuted because they think differently or because someone loves in a different way to others."

He may not have campaigned as a liberal. But this is a huge change of direction and rhetoric from Orbán’s anti-LGBTQ+ crusade.

right I have wifi again - here was Budapest just now - at quarter past midnight!

Norway pitches itself as Europe’s energy lifeline As the Iran war disrupts oil and gas supply, Oslo is positioning itself as Europe’s energy-rich savior.

Norway is doubling down on its role as Europe’s energy lifeline as wars and geopolitical turmoil rattle global markets.

4 French mayoral races that will show where the presidential race is heading POLITICO takes a Tour de France ahead of key municipal elections in March.

Want to get a sense of how the next French presidential vote will play out? Then pay attention to the local elections starting tomorrow in more than 35,000 communes.

Here are four mayoral races to watch 👇

(This story was first published in January.)

EXCLUSIVE: The leaders of Europe’s two biggest political parties are going on fancy dinner dates as they try to repair their frayed relationship.

Here’s an inside look at what led to the deterioration — and how the groups are trying to fix it 👇

🔗 politi.co/47mpAaW

Our UK Labour Government will not tolerate fuel companies profiteering and hardworking people losing out.

Senator Tuberville on x writing a response to the @endwokeness account Original tweet from @EndWokeness - “less than 25 years apart” Image 1 - the twin towers as they are hit by a the planes on 9/11/2001 Image 2 - Mayor Mamdani sitting on a prayer rug while hosting an Iftar at city hall Quote tweet from Senator Tuberville - “the enemy is inside the gates.”

Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.

Denmark, Voxmeter poll:

A-S&D: 22%
F-G/EFA: 13% (+1)
I-EPP: 12%
V-RE: 10%
Æ-ECR: 8% (-1)
O-PfE: 7%
Ø-LEFT: 6% (-1)
C-EPP: 6%
M-RE: 6%
B-RE: 5%
H-*: 3%
Å→G/EFA: 2% (-1)

+/- vs. 08-10 March 2026

Fieldwork: 11-13 March 2026
Sample size: 1,023

➤ europeelects.eu/denmark

The secret to a great parliamentary speech Two remarkable interventions during the Commons juries debate show why what the Greeks called logos and pathos can’t beat character

Labour MP Charlotte Nichols MP bravely revealed in parliament the story of her PTSD—that is what a remarkable speech looks like, writes Tom Clark

NHS surcharge is an illuminating example of a policy that has been designed to meet public concerns about migration impacts. Hiking it from £200 to > £1000 means the NHS is v likely making a surplus (esp on students). I doubt many people have heard of it

For this week's @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, I took a look at the British right using the pretext of falling birth rates to suddenly get very interested in what goes on in people's bedrooms, and why we should be wary

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LIST OF BUSINESS FOR THE PRIVY COUNCIL MEETING, HELD BY THE KING AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, ON 10TH MARCH 2026 PRESENT AT COUNCIL His Majesty The King

1. PRIVY COUNSELLORS Dame Sara Cockerill DBE, Sir David Foxton, Sir Robert Miles and Dame Amanda Yip DBE were sworn as Members of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. An Order striking out The Lord Mandelson from the List of Members of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. 2. PROCLAMATIONS Three Proclamations determining the specifications and designs for a new series of coins:- 1. celebrating the Lunar Year of the Sheep; 2. depicting the music group the Spice Girls; 3. depicting six character tokens from the board game Cluedo; and an Order directing the Lord Chancellor to affix the Great Seal to the Proclamations.

The juxtaposition of the first and second items of business for this Privy Council meeting is hilarious.

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Reform UK's Crypto Provider on Register That Housed North Korean Money Laundering Reform UK processes cryptocurrency donations through a foreign infrastructure that housed a US Treasury sanctioned crime syndicate laundering $4 billion in illicit funds – including proceeds from Nort...

EXCL: Reform UK have been processing cryptocurrency donations through Poland, under a 'lax' regulatory regime which previously housed a Cambodian crime syndicate sanctioned by the US Treasury for laundering $4 billion in illicit funds (inc. proceeds from North Korean state-sponsored cyber heists)

🆕 We're now standing over 900 candidates in May's Local Elections.

That's over 900 candidates standing on a platform of local power, local ownership, and local wealth.

Can you help us get to 1,000? Recruit a friend or stand yourself as a Labour & Co-operative candidate.

Is this the “inflammatory language” petrol retailers assoc is talking about?

Rachel Reeves: “I will not tolerate any company exploiting the current situation to make excess profits at consumers’ expense. I’m backing drivers and families - and I expect a fair deal at the pump.”

This post is the single best advert for the fact that proper local journalism matters.
If Jim’s team hadn’t put the pieces together quickly, this wouldn’t have been stopped.

Ironic that a man barely ever in his workplace should make such a call.

Cabinet secretaries

A 110 year old job. A lot of variation in how past holders have done the job.

A lot of debate about whether the job is even doable now.

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/ca...

In the Portuguese presidential election, very clear victory of the centre-left candidate Segura against the radical right Ventura.

Worcestershire councillor quits Reform over plans to raise council tax Worcestershire Reform councillor David Taylor says he will now sit as an independent.

Cllr David Taylor from Worcestershire County Council resigned from Reform UK **live on air on the BBC**

"I walked in here today as a Reform county cllr - I won't be leaving this studio as a Reform county cllr"

Taylor was unhappy with Reform's wish to increase council tax by up to 10% from April

Chart showing gross value added per hour worked with employment measured by Labour Force Sruvey and Real Time Indicators (2023=100): UK there are some early and encouraging signs that the pace of productivity growth has begun to accelerate. This is not fully apparent from the official headline data, however, which are based on the Labour Force Survey (LFS) that shows relatively flat employment levels over the past 18 months. On this measure, hourly labour productivity grew by 1.1 per cent in the year to Q3 2025. But when we adjust for past under-recording of employment by using payroll data, with productivity growing by a tidy 3.1 per cent over those four quarters, as much as in the previous seven years put together. The rise in productivity since the recent post-pandemic trough in Q1 2024 has been a blistering 3.4 per cent in six quarters, a rate not seen since before the financial crisis.

Despite gloomy mood music around prospects for the economy, there are some early and encouraging signs that the pace of productivity growth has begun to accelerate.

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We’ve just secured the largest amount of offshore wind in any auction ever in Britain - enough to power the equivalent of 12 million homes.

In Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 the first offshore wind project in three years has been successful - a landmark moment demonstrating our commitment to the whole of the UK.

Trump drops tariff threat against Europe and touts ‘future’ Greenland deal US president backs away from new trade war after talks with Nato chief Mark Rutte

Trump drops tariff threat against Europe and touts ‘future’ Greenland deal ft.trib.al/YkhTlaC

NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.

He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…

'Britain’s coastal towns are the front line of national renewal' - LabourList After years of neglect, Labour must put coastal communities at the heart of renewal – tackling deprivation, flooding and health inequality.

‘Britain’s coastal towns are the front line of national renewal’

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‘Britain’s coastal towns are the front line of national renewal’ – LabourList As an island nation is there anything more symbolic than the British coastal line? Stretching over 19,000 miles, our coastline embodies the very essence of…

💬 "Our mission is a decade of a renewal, and only front and centre restoration and revitalisation of coastal towns will show Labour is unlocking this country’s potential and restoring its sense of pride."

🔴 Dr Beccy Cooper MP provides an insightful piece on coastal renewal 🏖️🎡

Read here 👇

Robert Jenrick, the hollow man This opportunistic ‘saviour’ could kill off the Tories completely

Just in case @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com is too modest to repost it, the best portrait of Robert Jenrick you'll read is the one she wrote for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social back in October. Might be paywalled, but, hey, good journalism has to be financed somehow.

Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen:

"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."

"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.