Europe

In an exclusive extract from his diaries of 1999 and 2000, former Labour minister Denis MacShane reveals the growing xenophobia in the Tory Party under William Hague’s leadership – and how it sowed the seeds of Brexit

The state of Europe’s fighting forces was too controversial a topic for the Davos agenda

Satire, sadness and the home truths about a divided nation

Worrying trends across Europe and the world suggest that women’s rights are under threat

I am looking forward to the Tories’ demise at the next general election, but it is our entire political system that must radically change, and for good

Populists are set to triumph in June’s EU elections, fuelled by fears over immigration, inflation and insecurity. How bad could it get?

A new report shows red wall areas suffering more from Brexit than London does – and it will get worse

Europe is not up to the challenges that lie ahead

The continent became a safe haven in the postwar years for American musicians escaping racism and drugs. Decades on, they are still coming

Rwanda and Brexit leave Britain facing a humiliation not seen since 1956 – with empty shelves and economic angst at home

Delors’ political vision was spot on for the time, just as it is now

From the unmistakable face of The Pogues to an actor whose beauty often masked her brilliance, they summed up the defiance and the diversity of a continent

The Young European Movement has launched a campaign urging the UK government to rejoin the EU’s study-abroad project

Europe's challenges with inflation requires very different weapons

More people than ever before will be able to vote in the next election but these citizens are still at risk of being ignored

How close are populist leaders like Geert Wilders to fitting Umberto Eco’s definition of fascist traits?

Southend’s adoption of European culture cannot fix all its problems but it is having shocking social impacts

Rishi Sunak faces an impossible conundrum and it’s of the Conservatives' own making

Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was anything but banal. His case is an apt reminder of how evil agents can deflect accountability

The first recorded purchase of Shakespeare’s collected works came 400 years ago – and the compendium soon crossed into Europe

Foreign Direct Investment is a key economic indicator – and it indicates that Britain is in big trouble

The thinktank behind Liz Truss’s mini-budget now claims leaving the EU hasn’t harmed UK trade

Instead of standing up to the far right in the name of democracy and peace, Brussels often enables it

The pre-war German design school set the template for beautiful, functional modernism. Can an EU-backed revival match up?

Authoritarian populists tolerate opposition media – as long as they only exist at the margins

Unless the Tory one-nation advocates can work out how to bring a wrecking ball to the party and reshape the whole thing, it’s screwed

Minefields of form-filling and red tape are deterring students from European exchanges

It's not just the survival of the union that is at stake, but the survival of democracy

The plight of those who felt compelled to leave when that reality ended is often overlooked

The cost-of-living crisis and Brexit are pushing young people out of the UK – especially those originally from mainland Europe

Brexit woke us up, but now we are ready for a new European dawn