For the European Union, political trouble rises in the east

The Washington Post reports on growing political turmoil in Eastern Europe, with populist gains in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia threatening the European Union’s unity over support for Ukraine. Alberto Alemanno, professor of EU law and policy at HEC Paris, notes that these developments reflect “an unprecedented ideological alignment between MAGA and rebellious E.U. member states,” potentially tipping the bloc further to the right and testing its democratic institutions.