The Continental

6 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Bridgette Macron

1. She’s funny.

Take this self deprecating gem from a biography of her husband, French President Emmanuel Macron: “He needs to go for it in 2017, because by 2022 his problem will be my face.”

Putin Sends Another Fuck You to West With Kerch Strait Bridge

To recount Putin’s self-satisfied acts of defiance against the West and its allies seems almost tired at this point. But its one of the main ways he manages to maintain widespread popularity there, with big, flashy, symbolic…

Russian Diplomats Expelled From 10 EU Countries

As a result of the attack using a deadly poison on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the United Kingdom, 10 European Union member states will expel Russian diplomats beginning next week.

5 Reasons Why Moving to Southern Europe Might Not Be A Pipe Dream After All

We’ve probably all done it. Fantasized about moving to the Mediterranean for a year or two, and just, well, escaping. But how hard would it be to actually do that? And is living in Europe financially…

E.U. Slaps Tariffs on Americana

The E.U. has responded to President Trump’s recently announced high new blanket tariffs on aluminum and…

Italy Falls to Right Wing Populism

“The most serious defeat in the history of the Italian left after the war…” — Minister Orlando

For the past two decades, Italian politics have been dominated by two parties, the centre left and centre right, but Sunday’s general election saw a…

Italy’s Northern League: A New Fascist Nightmare

Italian politics are notoriously chaotic. The country has had 65 governments in the past 70 years, and many Italians, my family included, have a deep seated mistrust of government and political authority figures. However this hasn’t stopped the…