The New Europe

A new proposal will make it easier to farm and sell genetically modified crops - and campaigners are aghast

The ethnic tension between Serbs and Albanian Kosovans must be handled with extreme caution

After local election humiliation, Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez is risking everything on a national poll that could usher in Isabel Díaz Ayuso and the alt-right

Division among EU countries on immigration policy is preventing a unified response – and meanwhile people are drowning in the Mediterranean

Erdoğan’s victory will only hurt his supporters – and the rest of Turkey

All roads in Hungary still lead to its populist PM – but after missteps over Ukraine and EU funding, for how much longer?

Despite a flailing economy and soaring unemployment, president Erdoğan may retain his grip on the country's reins

They endured the civil war, persecution and Franco, but the Basques are still singing

After austerity was followed by stability and positivity, the country’s elusive search for sustainable growth is stalling

In Algeria and Polynesia, the shadow of French atomic and nuclear experiments in the 1950s and 60s still causes suffering and anger

The consequences of a new divide in Slovakian society will extend far beyond the country's borders

Draghi promised to do “whatever it takes” to prop up the single currency, but high interest rates have damaged his legacy

The country has its first female leader and the highest number of women working in law in Europe. Has Italy changed?

The protests about pension reform in Paris recently started calmly and cheerfully, but by nightfall the mood had shifted

The world loves Sanna Marin, but as an election looms, her country may not feel the same

The era of gentle persuasion, finding understanding and preventing conflict seems to be coming to an end. Can it be revived?

How can nations speak to one another? One British diplomat found the answer

The government wants to get close to Russia, but the people want the EU. The demonstrators have won the first round in the streets of Tbilisi – but what comes next?

The country’s capital, Lisbon, is buckling under the weight of visitors, including a new generation of ‘desirable’ migrants

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