The New Europe

The amnesty causing outrage in Madrid is no different to what happened with Blair and Northern Ireland

Party leaders will have plenty of political ammunition during their next stint in opposition

Italy has a history of premiers not completing their tenure. Will Meloni be any different?

The promotion of conservative or even hard-right ideas across Europe is a threat

The post-GDR party she used to co-chair is on the brink of extinction, and Wagenknecht is gearing up to push her former comrades off a cliff

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

The ruling hard right party doesn’t have the votes to form a government. Can Donald Tusk put together a centrist ruling coalition?

The people are heading to the polls this weekend and whatever the result, Poland will remain starkly divided

With a populist returned to power in Slovakia, the Czech Republic has been reminded of the ever-changing nature of nationhood

Can Donald Tusk turn back the populist tide in this weekend’s election? Or will PiS deal yet another blow to the EU’s hopes of unity?

As the aftermath of the Hamas incursion dominates the headlines, we should not take our eyes off Kosovo

Renewed unrest in Kosovo has raised concerns of escalating ethnic tensions in the region

The Confederates are far from what you would expect – don’t write them off as cranks

If this 'Ukraine fatigue' continues to spread, it could ultimately lead to Ukraine's failure on the battlefield

The Vajont dam was hailed as an engineering miracle. Then, 60 years ago, it was the cause of one of Italy’s deadliest disasters

The Czechs, who have always regarded themselves as part of “the west” know the dangers of appeasement better than any other nation. They will not back down on Putin

Critics call it Islamophobic – but Emmanuel Macron’s ban on the abaya, the long Islamic dress, in schools has won surprising support

The Commission president's state of the union speech saw her press for expansion for the union’s own good

Nicolas Sarkozy’s reappearance in the media demonstrates that public opinion in the country is far from uniform

How do you talk terms with someone like Vladimir Putin? The former head of GCHQ on how to create real peace from bloodshed

Italy’s prime minister has a new look, but have her politics changed?

Russia’s recent failed attempt to land a space probe on the dark side of the moon should be a wake-up call for the west

The “citizenship wage” created nightmares for the country’s productivity. Its abolishment was needed

Despite feeling both proudly European and international, the island has a close yet complicated relationship with the continent

Spain’s regional parties have been elevated to political kingmakers at the national level

The current situation is not a bug of the Swedish legal system, it's a feature

The Spanish prime minister’s troubles are far from over, however, as a complicated process of backroom deals and coalition building begins

The impact of climate change is felt unevenly across the globe. Any proposal tackling the issue must consider this

While British politics moves leftwards, populist extremists are entering power across Europe – and Vox could be next

The Turkish president has finally seen sense and removed his veto over Swedish membership. But he wants something in return

In Greece, the far-right is bouncing back into the political mainstream

When Rutte chose migration as his hill to die on, his leadership was over