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FRANCE 24's Europe team digs through news stories around Europe to shake out the truth from the trash. You can also catch the segment in our Talking Europe show on Saturdays from 7:15pm Paris time.
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Meloni's Italy: Fortress Europe? (opens the original)
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Migration was at the heart of Giorgia Meloni's successful 2022 election campaign. Promising a tougher approach to irregular migration helped propel her to power, but what has her government achieved since then? One of its flagship policies was the creation of a controversial migrant processing centre in Albania. Yet the plan has repeatedly run into legal obstacles in Italy, raising questions about whether it can deliver on its promises. At the same time, Meloni has had to balance her hardline rh
Giorgia Meloni: The face of Europe's far right? (opens the original)
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Giorgia Meloni made history in 2022 when she became Italy's first female prime minister. She quickly signalled her ideological affinity with Donald Trump and positioned herself as a bridge between the MAGA movement in the United States and Europe's radical right. She was also the only European leader invited to attend Trump's second inauguration in 2025. Renaud Lefort examines how the relationship between Trump and Meloni has evolved since then, alongside Meloni's changing role within the Europe
Maia Sandu and the European Union: the shadow of Russian disinformation (opens the original)
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Moldova’s political future faces the West - but the country has to overcome destabilisation efforts coming from the East.
Farmers' anger: fake news and tractors (opens the original)
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In Europe, recent farmers’ protests are fertile ground for planting the seeds of disinformation.
Russian threat, Greenland: Denmark’s struggle to tackle fake news (opens the original)
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Faced with US pressure over Greenland and Russia’s belligerence in the East, Denmark finds itself caught between twin threats - and at the nexus of disinformation campaigns. With online campaigns dividing public opinion on crucial issues, the race is on to push back against fake news.
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