The New Europe

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

You Are Not Alone, a powerful new documentary, follows the horrific attack that gripped Spain

A case brought by Swiss pensioners could be a turning point for the court

Turkey’s recent local elections shattered the president’s illusion of invincibility

Prime minister Gabriel Attal’s decision to bring the format to parliament is already proving controversial

Macron’s supposed ‘gaffe’ over European troops in Ukraine has invigorated the allies and again raised the question of an EU army

In Britain, unbelievably, abortion technically remains a crime. That must change

This is the country’s first museum dedicated to telling the whole story of the darkest period in European history. Will it get it right?

Chega’s campaign is a measure of the party’s anti-liberal, extreme character

Kyriakos Mitsotakis is trying, and failing, to prove that he’s a modern, liberal prime minister

Over the last decade, Russia has sent agents into Bulgaria on 10 separate occasions to attack weapons facilities

Next month’s local elections are sure to bring extensive debate over how the disaster was handled by local government

Alexander Stubb won the presidential election, but now he faces an even bigger challenge – Russia

Brussels is accustomed to demonstrations but the farmers’ protests were a different story