LONDON — President Donald Trump claimed that Europeans are losing their “wonderful right of freedom of speech.” Elon Musk told a far-right rally in London that Britons are “scared to exercise their ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has traditionally maintained that freedom of expression safeguards speech that may "offend, shock or disturb." However, its stance on hate speech is not in ...

The greatest threat to Europe isn’t China, Russia, or some other external actor; it’s “the retreat of Europe from… fundamental values” like the freedom of speech. That was Vice President Vance’s ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance sent shockwaves across Europe in February when he used his speech at the Munich Security Conference to say that free speech is "in retreat" across the continent. The event ...

This week, Dutch politician Geert Wilders goes on trial for hate speech after he compared Islam to National Socialism. Wilders is a right-wing populist, and his party has been gaining ground in recent ...

American officials are waging a multifront attack on Europe’s approach to free speech. This month, a congressional delegation traveled to Dublin, Brussels, and London to probe and decry European ...

The Netherlands went to the polls on October 29, 2025 in a snap parliamentary election that lays bare the deep crisis of bourgeois democracy and the political stalemate produced by capitalist rule ...