Ali Rabeh, the mayor of Trappes, France, speaking at a gathering in the city last week. He has criticized how right-wing critics have portrayed the city.
After its sometime allies were ousted in elections in Hungary and Serbia, Moscow has seized on Polandβs constitutional standoff in its effort to weaken Europeβs support for Ukraine.
As Israel votes, ever more strident hard-right views compete with hopes for a diverse land. The outcome could shape the countryβs identity for years.
A banner for the Likud party and its leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, with the slogan, βThe Right or Palestine.β Other candidates in the elections are to the left of it.
In much of Europe, the advance of the right has been seen as unstoppable. But in the east, nationalists are being cast aside in places where they long governed.
Supporters of the electoral list βStudent List-Students Winβ celebrated after Serbiaβs longtime leader Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in Belgrade on Monday.