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☆ What happens next after an extraordinary night of political upheaval in South Korea?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Key US military installations dot South Korea, and there are nearly 30,000 American troops stationed in the country. Video Ad Feedback Analyst says South Korean president made one of the ‘great political errors’ 01:31 - Source: CNNIs this unusual for South Korea? South Korea has been a vibrant democracy since the 1980s, with regular protests, free speech, fair elections and peaceful transfers of power. But South Korea has a dark political past. It wasn’t until 1988 that South Korea elected a president through free and direct elections.

Persons: Yoon Suk, Yoon’s, Yoon, ”, Yoon Suk Yeol, Chung Sung, ” Yoon’s, he’d, –, Jung Yeon, Camp Humphreys, Kim Jong Un’s, Yonhap Organizations: South Korea CNN, Democratic Party, National Assembly, South, Getty, US, Japan, Reuters, CNN Locations: Seoul, South Korea, South Koreans, United States, sympathizing, North Korea, Korea, AFP, Philippines, Asia, Pacific, Ukraine, Korean, South Korean

☆ Stellantis' CEO stepping down shows how the auto industry is struggling to shift into high gear right now
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In today's big story, an automaker CEO's resignation shows how tough a year the industry is having. His expedited departure — Tavares was scheduled to leave in 2026 — shows how choppy the automotive industry remains. AdvertisementHendrik Schmidt/dpa/Getty ImagesSo, what's got the auto industry stuck in gear? (It hasn't been a complete lovefest; he also called China's auto industry an "existential threat.") The massive money manager announced plans to acquire HPS Investment Partners, a private credit behemoth managing $148 billion, for $12 billion.

Persons: We've, I'm, Hendrik Schmidt, Carlos Tavares, — Tavares, Stellantis, Insider's Nora Naughton, Tom Carter, what's, Tesla, Jim Farley, Donald Trump's, Dmitry Balyasny, Brendan McDermid, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Texas Richard Bord, Musk's Tesla, —, Musk, Pat Gelsinger, Tony Cordoza, Anna Kim, Getty, Tyler Le, they'd, Jake Paul, Mike Tyson, Dan DeFrancesco, Grace Lett, Ella Hopkins, Spriha Srivastava, Amanda Yen, Milan Sehmbi Organizations: Business, dpa, Getty, Jeep, Chrysler, United Auto Workers, EV, Ford, Balyasny Asset Management, Reuters, Citadel, Schonfeld Partners, HPS Investment Partners, BlackRock, SpaceX, Intel, Amazon Web Services, Accenture, Netflix, ISI, Disney Locations: China, Mexico, Chicago, California, Texas, Delaware, Australia, New York, London

☆ Visiting Europe's Christmas markets? Here's how to do it — via a river cruise
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Penny Sadler | Marylou Costa | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Picture twinkling lights reflected on the Danube River as you sail into port, steps away from the merriment of a festive Christmas market. European Christmas markets have been a tradition since the Middle Ages. There are thousands of Christmas markets in Europe. I had my first taste of European Christmas markets on Viking's Danube Christmas Delights, an eight-day river cruise that stops in six places — Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna, Linz, Krems, and Passau — in four countries. I visited two — one in Hviezdoslav Square and another in city's main square.

Persons: Maria Theresien Platz, Saliha, Penny Sadler, Santa Claus Organizations: —, Vienna Boys, Choir, Avalon Waterways, Anadolu, Getty Locations: Europe, — Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna, Linz, Krems, Passau, Ama, St, Stephen's, Vienna's, Stephansplatz, Budapest, Vörösmarty, Germany, Bratislava's, Hviezdoslav, Black, Austria

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☆ Georgian opposition leader arrested after fourth night of protests
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

TBILISI, Georgia — Police in Georgia arrested a prominent opposition leader early Monday after using water cannon and tear gas to scatter anti-government protesters who rallied outside Parliament for the fourth straight night. Critics saw that as confirmation of a Russian-influenced shift away from pro-Western policies, something the ruling party denies. The Coalition for Change, the country’s largest opposition party, said in a post on X that Zurab Japaridze, one of its leaders, had been arrested by police while leaving the demonstration. Giorgi Arjevanidze / AFP via Getty Images fileZourabichvili has called for pressure to be brought on the Constitutional Court to annul elections won by the ruling party, Georgian Dream, in October. Tension in Georgia has been building for months as the ruling party has passed laws on “foreign agents” and on curbing LGBT rights.

Persons: Girogi Arjevanidze, Dmitry Medvedev, Nikoloz Miruashvili, Irakli Kobakhidze, “, ”, Salome Zourabichvili, Ilia Topuria, Giorgi Arjevanidze, Kobakhidze, Zourabichvili Organizations: Georgia — Police, European Union, Critics, Coalition, Russia, Police, France Inter, Getty Locations: TBILISI, Georgia, Russian, Tbilisi , Georgia, AFP, United States, Europe, Asia, Soviet Union, Tbilisi, Georgian, Russia

☆ Investors Punish France Over Budget Turmoil
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Liz Alderman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

France tumbled further into financial uncertainty on Monday as the government teetered on the brink of collapse, prompting investors to sell French stocks and bonds, which has sent the country’s borrowing costs soaring. A political showdown over France’s budget could lead to the ouster of the prime minister, Michel Barnier, as early as Wednesday, after he pushed the measure through the lower house of Parliament on Monday without a vote. Mr. Barnier’s forced departure would leave the government rudderless, raising questions about the ability of President Emmanuel Macron to manage the fallout. France has become one of the most financially troubled countries in Europe, with an outsize debt and deficit that have grown rapidly in recent months. But efforts by Mr. Barnier’s fragile government coalition to address the problem, with a budget bill seeking 60 billion euros in savings for 2025, have become snared in a political minefield.

Persons: Michel Barnier, Barnier’s, Emmanuel Macron Locations: France, Europe

☆ 5 problems the next CEO of Jeep's owner will have to fix
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementStellantis is facing more upheaval after CEO Carlos Tavares resigned on Sunday. The Jeep and Chrysler owner is battling sliding sales and fierce competition from Chinese rivals. The owner of Jeep and Chrysler is facing further upheaval after its CEO departed on Sunday. Carlos Tavares has stepped down as Stellantis CEO. The president-elect has floated tariffs on European companies that could affect Stellantis' European brands.

Persons: Carlos Tavares, Tavares, Jeffries, Ram, Stellantis, Shawn Fain, FREDERICK FLORIN, China's, Gao Jing, It's, Trump, David Whiston Organizations: Jeep, Chrysler, Ford, Fiat, Peugeot —, Stellantis, Cox, United Auto Workers, UAW, Detroit Free Press, Getty, EV, Trump, Business Locations: Stellantis, Milan, Europe, North America, Portuguese, China, Paris, Xinhua, Germany, Italy, Britain, Mexico, Canada

☆ French lawmakers table no-confidence motion that could topple government
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Saskya Vandoorne | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Paris CNN —French lawmakers said they had introduced a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Monday, setting up a vote that could see the far right topple his government within days. However, that maneuver in turn grants lawmakers the opportunity table no-confidence motions against him – and lawmakers on the left, who have repeatedly vowed to bring down Barnier’s government, did just that. She added a warning to French President Emmanuel Macron, writing: “We have tabled a motion of no confidence. “We are going to support this no confidence vote because the French have had enough of being mistreated. They thought things would change with Barnier, but it’s worse,” Le Pen told reporters on Monday.

Persons: Michel Barnier, Barnier, centrists, –, ” Mathilde Panot, Emmanuel Macron, Macron, ”, Le Pen, Pen Organizations: Paris CNN —, European Commission Locations: Greece, Brussels

☆ Toomaj Salehi, Iranian dissident rapper, released from prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian dissident rapper and activist, has been released from prison, according to a statement issued Monday by his international legal team. Salehi, 32, had been held in the Dastgerd prison in the city of Isfahan for 753 days in total, according to his team. When he was briefly released from prison last year, Salehi posted a video to social media describing how he was tortured and held in solitary confinement. “Toomaj should never have been in prison at all.”Though Salehi’s case was processed in Iranian courts, his family had the support of international lawyers. “This is a time of celebration: Our brave, brilliant client Toomaj Salehi is finally free,” Caoilfhionn Gallagher, a lawyer with the Doughty Street Chambers who is the international counsel for the Salehi family, said in a statement.

Persons: Toomaj, Salehi, ”, Arezou Eghbali Babadi, “ Toomaj, Doughty, Doughty Street Chambers, ” Caoilfhionn Gallagher, Gallagher, Ye, Kianoosh Sanjari, Negin Niknaam Organizations: London CNN, Iran’s, Doughty Street, Human Rights Foundation, United, Islamic Locations: Iranian, Isfahan, Kurdish, Iran, United States, London, United Nations, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Tehran, Islamic Republic

☆ Charts point to counter-trend buying oportunity in this auto stock, says Katie Stockton
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Katie Stockton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

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Persons: Mercedes, Katie Stockton Organizations: BMW, Volkswagen, STLAM, Ferrari NV, CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL, Fairlead, CNBC Pro, Securities Locations: Europe, Stellantis, €

☆ What investors can learn from the S&P's performance after presidential elections since 1928
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2024. Investors wondering if the presidential election may usher in a bad or good time for the stock market won't find any easy answers looking at the past. One year after President Joe Biden won the presidency in 2020, the S&P 500 was up more than 42%, according to data provided to CNBC by Morningstar Direct. (Morningstar analyzed the returns in the six and 12 months following Election Day for those 24 U.S. presidential elections.) "Election years aren't that different from a typical year in the stock market," said Boudreaux, a member of the CNBC FA Council.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Morningstar, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Dwight Eisenhower's, Ronald Reagan, Jude Boudreaux Organizations: White, CNBC, Morningstar Direct, Republican, Finance, CNBC FA Locations: Washington , U.S, Europe, New Orleans

☆ Georgia is being rocked by days of violent protests. Here’s what you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Lex Harvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Days of protests have rocked Georgia following the government’s controversial decision to delay the former Soviet country’s bid to join the European Union. Tensions intensified in late October when Georgian Dream claimed victory in a contested election that was widely seen as a referendum on joining the EU. Opposition TV channel Formula showed people in the central town of Khashuri throwing eggs at the local Georgian Dream office and tearing down the party’s flag. Georgian Dream, founded by a billionaire who made his fortune in Russia, has taken a sharp authoritarian turn in recent years. Experts have warned the suspension of EU talks is another sign the country is going down an undemocratic path under Georgian Dream.

Persons: Irakli Kobakhidze, ”, “, Giorgi Arjevanidze, “ I’ve, –, ” Tsotne, Salome Zourabichvili, Ketevan, Georgians ”, Matthew Miller, Kaja Kallas, Kobakhidze, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev Organizations: CNN, European Union, Georgian, EU, ”, Getty, Georgians, Police, Reuters, Opposition, Interpress, Western, National Democratic Institute ., Democratic, Center for, US State Department, Georgia, Security, of Russia Locations: Georgia, Soviet, South Caucasus, Georgian, Russia, Europe, Soviet Union, ” Georgia, Tbilisi, AFP, Black, Poti, Tbilisi , Georgia, Ukraine, Russian, US, United States

☆ Maternity Leave and Ongoing Consent: New Rights for Belgium’s Sex Workers
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Amelia Nierenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A new law gives some sex workers in Belgium more protection from exploitation and violence and more social benefits than any other similar legislation in the world, rights researchers and advocates say. Belgium decriminalized sex work in 2022, a first for Europe. Under this new labor law, which passed in May and took effect on Sunday, sex workers can choose to sign a formal employment contract — although they do not have to do so. “It is the most comprehensive labor law related to sex work that we have seen globally,” Erin Kilbride, a researcher at Human Rights Watch who focuses on women’s rights and L.G.B.T.Q. A labor contract will give sex workers of all genders, as it does other employees, broader access to the country’s robust social security system, including paid maternity leave and sick leave, unemployment aid and the ability to make pension contributions.

Persons: Erin Kilbride Organizations: Europe, Human Rights Watch Locations: Belgium

☆ Scholz Pledges $680 Million in Aid From Germany to Ukraine During Visit
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Constant Méheut | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany paid a surprise visit to Ukraine on Monday, his first in more than two years, to reaffirm his country’s support amid mounting concern in Kyiv that the West could scale back military aid and push for a negotiated settlement with Russia. Mr. Scholz’s trip came two weeks after he held a phone call with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to discuss potential paths to end the war. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was particularly critical, warning that Mr. Scholz’s phone call risked opening “a Pandora’s box” by encouraging more leaders to engage with Mr. Putin, ultimately legitimizing the Russian president’s position. Mr. Scholz’s visit to Kyiv on Monday appeared, at least in part, aimed at easing those tensions, and he announced that his country would deliver an additional $680 million of military equipment to Ukraine by the year’s end. “Germany will remain Ukraine’s strongest supporter in Europe,” Mr. Scholz said in a social media post after his arrival on an overnight train.

Persons: Olaf Scholz, Scholz’s, Vladimir V, Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Mr, Scholz Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Russia, “ Germany, Europe

☆ Angela Merkel recalls Trump’s ‘fascination with the sheer power’ of strongmen like Putin and Kim
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Merkel and Trump meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 17, 2017. Merkel recalled how Putin, knowing that she had once been wounded by a dog and was uneasy around them, had infamously brought his large Labrador to a meeting between them in 2007. Merkel said Putin later conceded to her that “he had lied” about this. French President Emmanuel Macron and Merkel look at Trump during a summit in Watford, United Kingdom, December 4, 2019. Asked whether she had made errors of judgment during her premiership, Merkel said: “We always have to look at matters under the conditions we were in then.

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☆ Meet the Press – December 1, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +56 min

ANNOUNCER:From NBC News in Washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is Meet the Press with Kristen Welker. He credited President-elect Trump with this ceasefire, Jake, saying, quote, "Everyone is coming to the table because of President Trump." The second dynamic to watch is, Kash Patel is on the record for the retribution agenda that Donald Trump ran on. I will never forget when you asked former President Trump – President-elect Trump and President Biden during that last presidential debate in 2020 about 545 children who were still separated from their parents. And before we go, the newest member of the Meet the Press family, Frankie Alice Katz was born at 12:23 a.m. on Wednesday.

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☆ Putin signs off record Russian defense spending as top E.U. officials visit Kyiv
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin approved budget plans, raising 2025 military spending to record levels as Moscow seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine. Lawmakers in both houses of the Russian parliament, the State Duma and Federation Council, had already approved the plans in the past 10 days. Their visit comes as doubts are deepening over what Kyiv can expect from a new U.S. administration led by Donald Trump. Moscow sent 78 drones into Ukraine overnight into Sunday, Ukrainian officials said. In Russia, a child was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack in the Bryansk region bordering Ukraine, according to regional Gov.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Russia’s, Antonio Costa, Kaja Kallas, Donald Trump, ” Costa, Marta Kos, Oleksandr Prokudin, Serhiy Lysak, Alexander Bogomaz Organizations: Lawmakers, State Duma, Federation Council, New, Ukraine, “, Gov, Dnipropetrovsk Gov, Russia’s Defense Ministry Locations: Moscow, Ukraine, Kyiv, EU, U.S, “, Kherson, Russian, Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk, Russia, Ukrainian, Bryansk, Kaluga, Smolensk, Kursk

☆ Putin approves record defense spending – a third of Russia’s budget
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Jessie Yeung | Mariya Knight | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a record-breaking defense budget, setting aside a staggering third of the government’s total spending as the war in Ukraine drains resources from both sides nearly three years on. The budget for 2025, which was published Sunday, allocates about $126 billion (13.5 trillion rubles) to national defense – amounting to 32.5% of government spending. The defense budget is about $28 billion (three trillion rubles) higher than the previous record set this year. The new three-year budget forecasts a slight reduction in military spending for 2026 and 2027. The North Korean troops may help Russia’s efforts for some time – but the material losses could be harder to make up for.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky Organizations: CNN, Lawmakers, Russian Central Bank, Russia, North Locations: Ukraine, Europe, Moscow, Kursk region, United States, Russia, North Korea, Kursk

☆ Volkswagen workers prepare to strike across Germany
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —Tens of thousands of Volkswagen workers will participate Monday in strikes at plants across Germany, labor union IG Metall said, marking the largest walkouts at the carmaker’s domestic operations since 2018. “If necessary, this will become the toughest wage dispute Volkswagen has ever seen,” IG Metall’s chief negotiator Thorsten Groeger said in a statement Sunday. The walkouts will be the first large-scale strikes that Volkswagen has faced since 2018, according to IG Metall, when 50,000 workers idled plants over pay. Indefinite strikes could also be called as a last resort, but only after members have been consulted again, IG Metall said. Volkswagen has said it may need to close plants in Germany for the first time in its 87-year history.

Persons: Metall, IG, Thorsten Groeger, ”, IG Metall Organizations: London CNN, Volkswagen, VW, IG Metall’s, IG Metall Locations: Germany, China

☆ Opinion | Republicans Would Regret Letting Elon Musk Ax Weather Forecasting
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Ryan Maue | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

For people who care about weather and climate, one of the most concerning proposals on the table is to dismantle the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. With the rising costs of and vulnerability to extreme weather in a changing climate for the United States, dismantling or defunding NOAA would be a catastrophic error. This would not only help Americans better prepare for and survive extreme weather but also keep NOAA from falling further behind similar agencies in Europe. While the incoming administration may want to take a sledgehammer to the federal government, there is broad, bipartisan support for NOAA in Congress. Currently its mission is to understand and predict changes in the climate, weather, ocean and coasts.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump’s, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Richard Nixon Organizations: Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Department of Government, Republican, Department of Commerce Locations: United States, Europe

☆ Romanians vote in parliamentary election amid turmoil over claims of Russian interference in presidential race
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

BUCHAREST, Romania Associated Press —Romanians cast ballots Sunday in a parliamentary election sandwiched between a two-round presidential race, the first of which has plunged the European Union and NATO member into unprecedented turmoil following allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference. By 5 p.m., about 7.5 million people – about 42% of eligible voters – had cast ballots, according to the Central Election Bureau. Cristian Andrei, a political consultant based in Bucharest, predicted the general election could also be reshaped by Georgescu’s success, with far-right parties possibly obtaining record highs. “The impact of the surprise in last Sunday’s presidential election will be significant, and we are going to wake up in a new political reality,” he told The Associated Press. Some have predicted that the far-right nationalist S.O.S Romania party, and the little-known Party of Young People, which has backed Georgescu, could pass the threshold.

Persons: –, Calin Georgescu, Elena Lasconi, Vladimir Putin, Alexandru Rizescu, ”, “, Georgescu, it’s, Andrei Pungovschi, Cristian Andrei, “ Georgescu, Marcel Ciolacu, ” Georgescu, ” “, Andreea Alexandru, Silviu Organizations: Press, European Union, NATO, Bureau, Save, Save Romania Union, Constitutional, Sunday, Associated Press, Social Democratic Party, PSD, National Liberal Party, PNL, ”, Alliance, Unity, REPER, Force, of Young Locations: BUCHAREST, Romania, Save Romania, Europe, Izvorani, Bucharest, TikTok, Russia, Romanian, EU, Sens

☆ Biden fulfilling promise to visit Africa as US looks to counter China’s deepening influence in region
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Arlette Saenz | Betsy Klein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

It will also be the first time a US president has visited Angola, with which Biden has sought to shore up relations in recent years. As he hosted African leaders in Washington for a 2022 summit, Biden vowed to visit the continent the following year but ultimately missed that deadline. He scheduled a trip to Angola for this October, which was postponed due to a pair of devastating hurricanes hitting the US. The initiative is at the center of the Biden administration’s efforts to boost investment in Africa to blunt China’s growing influence in the region, which has outpaced that of the US. In an interview with The New York Times ahead of Biden’s visit to Angola, Lourenço said he is “ready to work” with Trump in the White House.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, Biden, Barack Obama, Xi Jinping, Biden “, ’, Biden’s, ”, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, ” Biden, Antony Blinken, Andrew Caballero, Reynolds, Lourenço, “, ” Lourenço, Powers Organizations: CNN, Biden, Initiative, US Africa Command, “, Democratic, Angolan, Getty, UNESCO, Heritage, The New York Times, Trump Locations: Africa, Angola, Luanda, Saharan Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Washington, Lobito, United States, Europe, Beijing, Russia, China, US, Democratic Republic of Congo, America, Brazil, Peru, U.S

☆ Ireland’s Main Parties Edge Out Sinn Féin, Early Election Results Show
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Megan Specia | Mark Landler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Voters in Ireland have set the stage for a return of the grand coalition government that has led their country since 2020, resisting an anti-incumbent wave that has swept across the United States and Europe. The vote count was close on Sunday evening, two days after voters went to the polls, but the trend suggested that Ireland’s two main center-right parties had performed strongly enough to enter coalition talks — a process that could take weeks before the full shape of the government is clear. Sinn Féin, the flagship Irish nationalist party, was on track to finish slightly behind the incumbents, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, a lackluster showing that will probably consign it to several more years in opposition. At one level, the vote was an endorsement of continuity, delivering a result not unlike that of four and a half years ago. But the stability in Ireland’s political center ground masked volatility on the fringes, where anxiety over immigration fueled bids by several independents and other insurgent candidates.

Persons: —, Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil Organizations: Irish, Fine Gael Locations: Ireland, United States, Europe

☆ Europe’s far right feels emboldened by Trump’s win but it could be short-lived
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Yet, there are common overlapping themes among Europe’s populists that are also present in Trump’s playbook. “As we know, any kind of peace agreement on Putin’s terms would be terrible for Ukraine and terrible for European security,” Van Rij stresses. “Trump’s reelection purely underscores all of that.”‘Warm air of historical righteousness’Overall, Van Rij sees “a lot of convergence in thinking” between Trump and some of Europe’s populist parties. Van Rij says France would therefore be disproportionately hard-hit by Trump’s America First trade policy. “China is seen as arch enemy number one by some in the Republican party, and Trump shares that view,” Van Rij says.

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▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

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