Politics

Olaf Scholz's in-tray is bulging, and Germany is braced for change. But can a cautious chancellor deliver it?

Businesspeople, academics, journalists and a top trade unionist have formed a group with the purpose of repairing fractured UK-EU relations.

History is home to various Black Fridays. In 1910, one such day had nothing to do with bargains, and everything to do with cost.

In the wake of the tragedy in the Channel, media commentator LIZ GERARD’s searing essay exposes how newspapers demonised refugees - and encouraged ministers to follow them.

Umberto Bombana secured the product known locally as Truffle of the White Madonna.

One reader finds the notion that Priti Patel isn't right-wing enough bizarre and troubling.

Over the weekend, bicycles were burnt and rocks were thrown in protest against increasing Covid restrictions.

Despite it all, the prime minister is still seen as a winner, one Tory MP tells ALASTAIR CAMPBELL. But, here's how the opposition can change that.

Britney may finally be free – even to marry Sam Asghari – sadly, the same can't be said of the UK.

BONNIE GREER shares her admiration for the next in line to the throne, and how she, to her dismay, was born two days after him.

Comedian MITCH BENN lists his ideas of what the Labour leader could do to increase his standing in the polls.

Bizarre events followed our publication of the “buyer’s remorse” story last week. Editor-in-chief MATT KELLY brings you up to speed.

It was rumoured the former Daily Mail editor may be the next boss of Ofcom, but perhaps he's destined for a more high-profile role.

The people of the Chagos Islands were promised British citizenship when the UK leased its only remaining African colony to the USA. But a loophole now means hundreds are caught in limbo, living undocumented in Britain and unable to work or access social services.

She is one of the most maligned and mocked politicians of our age. But the pioneering MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington has a record worthy of greater respect.

Our columnist looks at “only in Berlin” syndrome and at how the country’s capital fails its democracy.

Scottish independence is neither inevitable nor a dead duck, but the urge behind it is immutable and needs to be addressed.

The Balkan nation has emerged as an unlikely global centre of high- tech industry – and of hacking.

Scholz doesn't do charisma. True to form, he delivered his address seriously and without needless bumbling or theatrics.

Christmas is coming and people are wondering if the PM’s goose, instead of getting fat, may be getting cooked. What else could possibly go wrong?

Boris Johnson's blunders since Brexit makes for quite the list, does the public now have buyer's remorse?

Finally – a Visa-free aspect to Brexit. At least that’s what the deluded Dominic Raab is likely to tell you...

This tale of two cities is less about a booming Brexit Britain and more about a government that continues to favour oil and gas firms even as Boris Johnson says the planet is at “one minute to midnight”.

UPDATED 13.30: Apparently they've changed their minds now.

Americans are set to spend $1billion dollars on this year's Thanksgiving, but the celebration is not without its problems and there are those who want it replaced by a day of atonement.

Why Boris Johnson's true hero is more like the cynic philosopher Diogenes of Sinope.

In an extract from his new book, Freedom: How we lose it and how we fight back, Hong Kong dissident NATHAN LAW, once jailed by the regime, warns of Beijing’s tightening grip on culture.

Our columnist steers a steady course to bring us up to speed on a debate raging on Germany's roads

More revelations surrounding the Tory MP Geoffrey Cox reveals how he has made a tidy sum in Mauritius.

The New European's mailbag was filled with letters about the latest accusations of Tory sleaze.

News that you might have missed from around the continent, selected by Steve Anglesey.