Daniel Wakin

New York

Deputy International Editor at The New York Times Opinion

Deputy int'l editor, NYT Opinion, ex-Met Opera, ex-AP, author of "The Man With the Sawed-Off Leg and Other Tales of a New York City Block" (@NYCBlockTales)

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Articles

An American Pope? Maybe It Wasn't So Impossible.

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Daniel Wakin

If there was ever going to be an American pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost - nowLeo XIV - was probably going to be it. Still, as someone who covered the last two conclaves and the latter years of the papacy of John Paul II, I'm pretty stunned by his election. Common wisdom long held that the European-dominated College of Cardinals would never elect an American. The United States was considered too powerful in the world to also put a man on the throne of St. Peter.
How Europe Swung to the Right

Jan 27, 2025 | nytimes.com | Krista Mahr |Daniel Wakin

Millions of Europeans will go to the polls this year in a test of the right-wing movements that surged in 2024's historic elections - and of the liberal order that so many disgruntled Europeans turned against. Voters in Germany, Austria, France and the Netherlands have shown the potency of this new populist wave. What's behind their dramatic shift? We asked them.
‘It Cannot Go On Like This’: Voices From Europe’s Swing to the Right

Jan 27, 2025 | flipboard.com | Krista Mahr |Daniel Wakin

6 hours agoGermany’s immigration meltdownHe came from Afghanistan through Bulgaria, where he had registered his claim for asylum. In 2022, he travelled through the EU‚Äôs open borders to …1 day agoNickelodeon and Comedy Central to Stop Broadcasting Via Satellite In Austria on February 1From Saturday 1st February 2025, viewers in Austria will no longer be able to watch Nickelodeon and Comedy Central through their satellite receivers.