The New Europe

In east Belgium, a committed group of democrats are experimenting with sortition – government chosen by lottery

As the death toll continues to mount, could a pliant media help Erdoğan escape a tsunami of public outrage?

In Kyiv, as the invasion anniversary looms, Ukrainians are still asking ‘What can I do to help?’

This year’s election could be the tragedy-hit country’s last chance to avoid an authoritarian regime

Not many people travel from the extreme left to the hard right and back again. But Robert Ménard has

With Croatia’s EU accession completed by its adoption of the euro, the European project itself gets a boost

One of the inspirations behind the acclaimed movie, Sara Mardini is on trial for helping other refugees

The Northern Ireland protocol puts a customs border within the UK. That is by no means unusual

Buoyed by a court victory, populist Andrej Babiš could now seize the Czech presidency and destabilise unity over Ukraine and Russia

Welcome to 2023, the year of war, peace and Mark Zuckerberg’s collapsing Metaverse

Isabel Díaz Ayuso could cause a political earthquake if she takes on the leader of her centre-right party

One generation of world leaders has failed to halt climate change. The next generation intend to change all that

After Covid, Europe has just about dealt with another global crisis over Ukraine. Yet competing visions mean its own future is uncertain

Brussels is gripped by fears that Qatargate might expand, with populists and Putin ready to capitalise

A new book about Britain’s MEPs charts the political journeys of this quiet army of people still – mostly – fighting for Europe

In a union built on diplomacy, foreign minister Josep Borrell’s undiplomatic language has caused a stir - yet he has made more progress than his predecessors

Even the Swiss hate the sort of deal that government sources are eyeing up for Britain

Quiet, a bit boring and he rose without trace – but is the German chancellor turning out to be quite good?

A year on from tragedy in the Channel, the British government still does not understand those who claim asylum, or how to treat them fairly and safely

In an extract from his new book, Geoff Dembicki asks how the world would be now if the oil sands industry had not been so successful in blocking action to stop the climate emergency

Germany and France have spent decades falling out and making up. But new isolationism in Berlin and decline in Paris make their latest feud serious

The Green Party MP hits out as the PM dithers over whether to attend COP27, and points to real environmental leadership elsewhere

Macron wants a reset, but unravelling the country’s tangled legacy in the continent is proving harder than it sounds

The pan-European Volt Europa is targeting a breakthrough at the 2024 Euro elections. Do they have a chance?

The political chaos at home in Britain is almost matched by that in Italy

The new Italian PM’s policies are a mess of contradictions and she will struggle against the country’s liberal instincts and independent institutions

Italy’s new prime minister may turn to the centre right for support in a war against ‘woke culture’

A phone-tapping scandal threatens to end the rule of prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and give power back to a reinvigorated left

President Erdoğan’s draconian punishments and indiscriminate subjugation of creativity have caused outrage and anger across the country

On Washington DC’s grand 16th Street, an outdoor photography exhibition has brought a fragment of Europe to the new world

The plot to depose Italy’s PM is good news for Silvio Berlusconi, the country’s far right – and Vladimir Putin

Along with Ukraine, the EU has accepted neighbouring Moldova as a candidate to join the bloc, conscious of its vulnerability – not least because of its Transnistrian region loyal to Russia