Rarely have municipal and regional elections been described as “historic” without it being an exaggeration, like when a football match is dubbed “the match of the century,” or a film, a work of art deemed essential and momentous, that would be a sin to miss. But referring to yesterday’s elections in Scotland, Wales, and England in this way is no hyperbole, because they will symbolize the end of the two-party system, the decline (terminal or not, we shall see) of Labour and the Conservatives, the emergence on the scene of the far right (Reform) and far left (Greens), the rejection of the technocratic centrism represented by Keir Starmer, and the sharp condemnation of Jacobin centralism, with three of the four nations that make up the Kingdom possibly in the hands of nationalists.

Donald J. Trump accumulates headlines: war in Iran, tariffs for everyone, intervention in Venezuela, threats to Cuba, competition with China, the claim on the Panama Canal and Greenland… And on top of all that, he adds critical positions on Ukraine, Gaza, and more. Does his mandate represent a before and after? Is the change new or does it come from before the tycoon? At the same time: is it possible to redirect tensions despite reconsiderations both in the U.S. and in other countries that seem to be guided (again) by geopolitics, the law of the strongest, and spheres of influence?