Marine Le Pen would beat every presidential rival according to a recent Elabe poll, defeating even Édouard Philippe in a hypothetical runoff. Despite a significant shift in mainstream voter sentiment in favour of Le Pen, French banks remain reluctant to lend to her campaign, continuing the long-standing institutional exclusion imposed on National Rally ahead of the 2027 vote.

Germany’s Social Democrats have been hit by an awkward scandal after a former local official was filmed naked, shouting ‘Heil Hitler’ and performing the Nazi salute. The footage surfaced while the SPD was simultaneously campaigning against the AfD, depicting the party as an extremist threat and invoking precisely the history of Nazi Germany.

Péter Magyar’s government has quietly removed Hungary’s annual instruction to oppose references to the Global Compact for Migration and reject its implementation at the UN. The change leaves domestic restrictions intact, but it redraws a major Orbán-era foreign-policy boundary by creating room for selective engagement with the international migration-management system.

Three men were stabbed outside Amsterdam Centraal on Saturday by Dutch fitness influencer Angelo Bryson, who livestreamed the confrontation to his TikTok audience. Bryson, known as ‘Superhuman Unchained’, had recently converted to Islam and increasingly used his platform to discuss Palestine and North Africa, including support for Morocco’s claim over Ceuta.

Illegal migrants in Ceuta threw bottles containing a chemical solvent at local protesters on Friday, escalating a fourth day of unrest in the Spanish enclave. Hours earlier, police were reported to be investigating bulk purchases of hydrochloric acid and aluminium foil by migrants accompanied by NGO activists, fuelling growing local hostility towards humanitarian groups.

Pedro Sánchez came to power promising political ‘regeneration’; eight years later, Ceuta has become the clearest symbol of what his experiment produced instead. Corruption scandals, radical social engineering and a permissive migration policy have converged in an enclave fighting for its existence against invading masses, while Madrid’s denial has betrayed Ceuta, Spain and, increasingly, Europe itself.

Canada’s taxpayer-funded CBC is facing backlash after an internal memo told journalists not to describe the 11 September attacks as ‘terrorist attacks’. The directive drew criticism from Canadian and US politicians and comes amid unusually tense relations between Washington and Ottawa, just weeks ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11.

Parliament elected Anna Róza Unger president of Hungary’s new NVVH anti-corruption super-agency on Friday by 137 votes to seven, despite mounting criticism of her professional background and the chaotic selection process. The backlash intensified as Ákos Hadházy alleged the contest was largely ‘theatre’ and that Unger emerged from a compromise inside Tisza’s leadership.

Russian lawmakers have lashed out at Péter Magyar after Hungary formally described Russia as a threat to the country, Europe and the global order in new UN instructions. The rhetoric marks a sharp break with the Orbán era, while threats over cutting oil and gas deliveries expose how Budapest’s diplomatic realignment to the EU collides with its continuing dependence on Russian energy.

Ceuta’s unrest continued on Thursday as hundreds of residents blocked Red Cross food deliveries, pushed through police cordons and tore down migrant encampments, setting belongings on fire. Hours earlier, dozens of illegal migrants had attacked a vehicle carrying Spanish soldiers with stones, forcing the troops to flee on foot.