The New Europe

Brussels has become synonymous with the European Parliament, but the real city is far removed from the exclusive little EU island inside the capital

Be it football or politics, Georgians know the importance of unity

The hard right has boomed under Macron – that will be his epitaph

Amid faint glimmers of hope, the European elections showed that a politics the world hoped was long gone is back on the march

Macron is playing a dangerous game by calling an election – and if Le Pen wins, we all lose

For years, the French hard right has cast a perpetual shadow over the country’s politics

Giorgia Meloni is now apparently allied with both Marine Le Pen and Ursula Von der Leyen – but is she really?

As parties have chosen lead candidates with little or no EU-level experience, the country’s clout in the European Parliament could be reduced

Some French voters have forgotten what the EU is really for

The new government could use advisory panels made up of ordinary Britons to break the political deadlock on big issues

For most Italians, Europe is a distant, scary and uninteresting concept

The war in Ukraine is pushing Estonians to become more engaged with the European elections

The country consistently records the lowest voter turnout during European elections, but this year there’s hope for improvement

The Netherlands serves as a warning of what happens when mainstream parties appease the far right rather than confronting them

Emmanuel Macron is on a mission to restore ‘Republican order’ in New Caledonia

Even in a country where smoking remains socially acceptable, restrictions still look likely to be widely acknowledged

As their election nears, Belgians political tensions are growing deeper

After his humiliating local election defeat, Erdoğan wants to silence his ideological opponents

In learning how to fight off populists, Spain’s prime minister is starting to emulate their moves

Slovakia is at a crossroads after the shocking attempted assassination of populist prime minister Robert Fico

The Dutch far-right politician will not be prime minister, but he is in power

With China's economy in trouble, Xi has taken to wooing Europe

Thousands of Georgians are protesting against the "Russian law", refusing to give up their hopes of joining the EU

Younger voters are being heavily courted by the far-right ahead of the European elections

The military coup hastened the end of the Portuguese empire, and triggered the country’s turn towards Europe

Salemi’s status as capital lasted a mere 24 hours, but the pride its residents feel today is immeasurable.

This year’s contest in Malmö is at risk of being overshadowed by a fear of violence

In the city’s Piazza della Libertà, a few kilometres from the Italian-Slovenian border, thousands of migrants dream of a better world

Protesters at the Paris Institute of Political Studies have taken a leaf out of Columbia University’s book

People in Tbilisi are protesting Georgia’s Russification. Instead, they want to be part of the EU

After six gender-based murders so far this year, Greek women now feel such tragedies are inevitable

Today’s political climate makes celebrating two centuries of freedom more poignant – and political – than ever for the city’s Greek community