4 h. ago FTSE 100 treads water while Germany’s Dax makes gains after election

The UK’s blue-chip index dipped 0.39 points to close at 8,658.98.

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35 h. ago German election 2025 live updates: Voting begins after final poll predicts large gains for AfD

Germany heads to the polls for the fourth snap election in its history

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37 h. ago German election live updates: Voting begins after final poll predicts large gains for AfD

Germany heads to the polls for the fourth snap election in its history

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58 h. ago German election live updates: Final poll predicts large gains for AfD hours before voters cast ballots

Germany heads to the polls for the fourth snap election in its history

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3 d. ago German election live updates: Final poll predicts large gains for AfD days before voters cast ballots

Germany heads to the polls for the fourth snap election in its history

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6 d. ago FTSE 100 treads water after Andrew Bailey’s ‘weak growth’ warning for UK

The Bank of England governor also cautioned over the impact of ‘global fragmentation’ on the world economy as markets were broadly flat.

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6 d. ago How Trump and the new right came to ‘own’ the future – while apparently exploiting the past | Jonathan White

The centre left’s failure has left a vacuum that’s been filled by those offering hope, rather than a technocratic status quoJonathan White is professor of politics at the LSEAt first glance, today’s politicians appear to have shifted their eyes from the future to the present and the past. The way to win power, it seems, is to make Maga-style appeals to the glories of yesteryear, while the best hope of keeping it is to pursue the short-term gains that will emerge before the next election. Observers of democracy have long said such patterns are inbuilt: for the 19th-century thinker Alexis de Tocqueville, “It is this clear perception of the future, founded on enlightenment and experience, that democracy will often lack. The people feel much more than they reason.” Yet today’s politicians, rather than being oblivious to the future, seem increasingly obsessed with it.The ascendant far right in North America, Europe, Israel and beyond finds much of its appeal in stories about what lies ah...

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6 d. ago Europe’s population crisis: see how your country compares – visualised

How anti-immigration politics across the EU clashes with demographic realityThe rise of the far-right could speed up the population decline of Europe, projections show, creating economic shocks including slower growth and soaring costs from pensions and elderly care.Anti-immigration politics is on the rise across the EU, as shown by the gains made by far-right parties in the 2024 elections. Meanwhile, the anti-immigration Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is polling second in the run-up to the German federal election this month. Continue reading...

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