Politics

Could the sleeping giant of Germany’s silent majority mobilise against the AfD?

The Marolles, the city’s popular cultural heart, has been changed by tourism

Elon Musk and Giorgia Meloni seem to have a harmonious friendship – at least in front of the cameras

Over the past five years, the president has been acting as the Flavor Flav of the Croatian political establishment

The EU has been a long-running topic of debate and now Icelanders want their say

The nation’s problems are so deeply ingrained that no single technology could ever sweep them all away

This year’s non-word of the year, ‘Bio-deutsch’ (biological German) has caused much controversy

Progressives’ cowed silence has let the toxic talk of Farage and Jenrick take hold. Now we must respond – and taking action on integration should be the start

The prime minister’s limited Brexit reset means the best UK FC can hope for is avoiding relegation, not shooting for glory

We need government to lead, to inspire and to give people hope. Talk in language that ordinary folk use, and actually go and listen and learn

On the 75th anniversary of the author’s death, some of his most famous words read as a warning

As they can only take into account what they are given, they are fallible

It’s time for Brussels to clamp down on Musk and the disinformation pumped out by Twitter. But are they up to the job?

Donald Trump is a ridiculous, laughable figure – but behind the showmanship and the foreground noise is something profoundly dangerous

American corporations are rushing to dump diversity and climate programmes as a far right regime takes power. Would the same happen here?

Just because Trump won and populism is surging doesn’t mean the Labour party should give up its election promises

The Democrats are in shock and disarray. But someone will need to stand up to Donald Trump

Abnormal is the new normal as the MAGA president pledges a programme of outrage and reprisal.

Donald Trump is back in the White House, but two sets of his supporters are ready to go to war on each other - and be betrayed by the new president

A new book reveals why we are so polarised by the battle between left an right– and what we can do to lessen the gap between “us” and “them”

On defence, trade and tech, Europe is bracing itself for four years of threats and chaos

Fighting a ferocious election campaign, Kamala Harris declared “we’re not going back”. Yet, we're we are

For the west, when dealing with Russia, it turned out that the Cold War was our comfort zone. But after the Berlin Wall came down, how did the Russian dream die?

The Tory leader’s habit of saying what she thinks is refreshing. Her staff’s habit of pretending that she hasn’t said it is dreadful politics

A little more money in employees’ pockets and the potential for falling interest rates may help ease fears for the economy

The Tory leader’s big speech was long on waffle and light on content – and it gives Keir Starmer a free run at fixing their mess

Our elected government is facing an assault on its very legitimacy from right wing politicians and their media toadies. So what are we on the left going to do about it?

This brutal, bloody conflict shows the dangers of our new, multipolar world

Far too many of them have newspaper columns, radio slots and TV shows. As the US experience shows, nothing good happens when you give politicians too much attention

The Conservative leader's great gift to the prime minister is the inability to choose a topic and focus on it