Defeating populists never signals an easy return to the status quo ante.

If you’re a captive of our legacy media, you could be forgiven for believing that Donald Trump is losing elections in Europe, where he is not on the ballot.

If this past weekend in European politics is an indicator of anything, it's that the "Trump effect" is real, and its reverberations are unpredictable.

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But Dan's win and elections in Poland pointed to a pivot back to the center. Simion won in Romania's election first round, but results from Sunday's second stage saw him trail Nicusor Dan by eight ...

Citizens in Portugal, Romania, and Poland all cast ballots over the weekend. Two of the elections ended, and there was a major upset in the countries’ balance of power. The third is ongoing and ...

Romania has overtaken Poland as the worst country in the EU for LGBTQ+ people, according to a ranking published by the Brussels-based non-governmental organization ILGA-Europe. Countries are placed in the organization’s annual "Rainbow Map" according to factors such as the number of hate

Romania’s presidential election saw the centrist mayor of Bucharest defeat a far-right Donald Trump loyalist, while a nationalist finished a close second in Poland to set up a tight runoff on June 1.