Riks Europe Round Up: Keir Starmer cosplays as nationalist to win back voters

Published 20 maj, 2025 • 424 Views

Three separate elections, in Portugal, Romania, and Poland have all shown that conservatives and nationalists still have the upper hand in Europe – even if the outcomes were technically wins for liberals. The strong showing of nationalism in the three countries will likely drastically affect European politics in the coming years. Meanwhile, Keir Starmer has opted to make a u-turn on migration, in order to save what can be saved from Reform’s conquest of the electorate.