If Europe has been an incubator for far-right populism in recent years, after its elections it now feels more like a battleground for polarized voters.
Tag: Immigration and Emigration
In Parliament Elections, Populists Seek to Break the E.U. From Within
Not long ago, nationalist movements pushed for a departure from the European Union. Now they are seeking seats in Parliament, promising an insurgency from within.
Europe Dispatch: What Is Europe? Freedom, Slavery, Austerity or Nothing at All
As Europeans go to the polls in a Continental election, a New York Times reporter set out to find out what Europe means to Europeans in 2019.
Palermo Dispatch: Palermo Is Again a Migrant City, Shaped Now by Bangladeshis and Nigerians
The issues involving migrants are complicated in Palermo, which Bangladeshis and other foreigners call home.
Special Incentive for Property Buyers: A Foreign Passport
Analysts estimate that offers of visas and passports drive more than $20 billion a year in investments.
Hungary’s Migrant Abuse Is ‘Matter of Urgency,’ European Agency Finds
Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government has caged and starved people, the Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner reported. But such findings have had little effect in the past.
New Statue of Liberty Museum Illuminates a Forgotten History
The museum, opening Thursday on Liberty Island, reminds visitors of the vague and often dubious ideal of “liberty for all.”
Anti-Semitic Crime Rises in Germany, and Far Right Is Blamed
An annual report on politically motivated crime found anti-Semitic offenses and hate crimes against foreigners both up significantly, even as violence fell.
Voter Snapshots: Australians Weigh in
Five Australians across the country tell us about their dreams and fears, and who they’re voting for.
Kyrgyzstan Dispatch: A Mennonite Town in Muslim Central Asia Holds On Against the Odds
A community of Mennonites in Kyrgyzstan is one of Christendom’s most remote and oddest outposts in the Muslim world, as ethnic Germans cling to their faith even as emigration shrinks their numbers.