Europe

If Le Pen wins next year and goes through with a threat to step back from Nato, the consequences for western security could be dire

French newspapers are mad as hell with Google for using their content in their AI search results – so now 300 of them are suing

He got out from behind the wheel, went over the hovering drone and kicked it to the ground. Do not try this at home

Friedrich Merz doesn’t have a plan for government or any leadership skills – but what he does have is a PR nightmare on his hands, all of his own making

The case of a jeweller in Piedmont who killed two burglars has caused huge debate across Italy. Will the PM exploit it for her own political gain?

For all the success, the billions and the international fame, the boss of LVMH is revealed as a man made miserable by his own success

The problem of the house where Hitler was born has finally been solved – but it cost a lot of money

The De Hogeweyk project offers a normal life for elderly sufferers. But sceptics call it a dystopian Truman Show

Yes, her party and policies might be morally repulsive, but Le Pen is a canny operator, especially when it comes to one part of the political game

He voted against paying women to give birth for you – then paid one himself

Germans used to be against air conditioning. Not any more

Andy Burnham is pro-EU and politicians across the continent know it. The issue is whether he will last long enough to change British views on Europe

Surprisingly perhaps, of the three Britain gives the least cause for pessimism – but the political threats from Germany and France are deeply worrying

Over 2,500 of Italy’s cinemas have closed since the pandemic. But a group of film enthusiasts has a plan to turn things around

Open warfare between supporters of the far right rivals has turned the National Rally party into an episode of Succession

France’s far right presidential candidate could end up campaigning while wearing an electronic tag

The photographer documented a city’s outsiders with wit and tenderness

The chancellor decided that too many Germans were skiving, so he tried to change the rules. But it didn’t work

Italian politics has never looked so stable. If anything, people there are much more worried about turning into us

Visiting JR’s La Caverne du Pont Neuf, the installation a storm couldn’t stop

His final goal captured everything fans loved about the man who called himself ‘a small guy from Gondomar’

Exploring sporting polysemy – the cases where a single word has several different, even if often related, meanings

The Italian prime minister did what almost no other western leader has dared to do: when Trump, attacked her, she fought back

Russia is losing the war in Ukraine, so the Kremlin is boosting its disinformation campaign. Unfortunately for the next PM, the British left are falling for it

As a killer heatwave grips France, an argument over air conditioning has become so fierce that it could sway the national political mood.

For Europe's farmers, longer and hotter summers contribute to the region’s biggest problem of all

A new, alarming online trend has begun to shed light on the harshest relationship lesson of all – that when one partner walks away, the other can be left helpless, lost and alone

Build coalitions, revive internationalism and join – not rejoin – the EU. But be prepared to question your own assumptions, too

The EU that Britain left no longer exists. Now, much of Europe wants Britain to help bolster the bloc against the US and China. It’s time for the UK to abandon its failed experiment and to re-engage

A list of Hitler’s party members is now searchable – but files that might embarrass the postwar elite remain stubbornly out of reach

The Nordic nation has been named the ‘happiest country in the world’ for the last eight years. Why?

Decades of neglect have left road, railway and energy repair facing an investment gap of £400 billion