Europe's Embattled Leaders: What's Behind the Widespread Disaffection?

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Europe's leaders, including Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, Giorgia Meloni, and Pedro Sánchez, face low approval ratings amid social and economic challenges, prompting questions about their leadership or the hand they've been dealt.

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An MI5 watchdog inquiry found the security service knew an abusive agent, known as Agent X, was misogynistic and "obsessed" with violence, despite defending him in court. The agent had threatened his girlfriend with a machete. MI5 is said to have had a "lack of sufficient professional curiosity" about the agent.

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