Europe

The comic actor said he’d never join a club that would admit him. Will Liz Truss apply the same rule to Macron’s new European forum?

All eyes are on Robert Habeck. Unfortunately, his energy crisis polices are only snatching the surface of Germany's problems

The city of light has – finally – stopped taking its historic trees for granted and is devising ways of preserving them

The late Hilary Mantel’s connection with Europe brought controversy – and some of her best work

This weekend's Manchester derby is a reminder how, six years after his death, the Dutch master's vision still dominates the game

Having spoken out against the war in Ukraine, Alla Pugacheva could influence the next chapter in Russian history

The Velvet Underground are the ultimate New York band. Yet in their brief lifespan and their afterlife as one of music’s enduring cults, they had a European heart

A European round up of how the chancellor's economic policies were viewed across the continent

It isn’t easy getting Charlotte Rampling to let anyone in, be they real people or imagined characters on a script page

Why the most celebrated painter of all time is a criminal’s dream come true

We need to tell Putin that if he uses nukes, the West will destroy Russia's military in Ukraine

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’

In a fractious region, the European Union must offer a credible alternative to the darker forces that threaten the stability of the Balkans

Politicians love them, but they don’t work and unless you’re a tyrant, they’re unenforceable

Each of Venice’s 1,000 islands carries its own world. What happened when a Londoner (originally from France) moved there?

Our society needs a more measured approach, writes one reader

It's time to raise a glass, the famous beer festival has returned

We want peace and ought to seek it. However, negotiating with a suspected war criminal is far from desirable

Rivers and reservoirs are shrinking, the land is parched. Welcome to Europe in 2050 – if we don’t act now

The percentage per country who have a negative view of the EU

His sabre-rattling is a sign that the invasion of Ukraine has misfired - but what happens next could be even worse

Everyone expects far rightist Giorgia Meloni to be Italy’s next PM. What happens next is uncertain

The only way to defeat them is for the left to link arms with the centre

The Kremlin has been meddling in Italian politics and will be pleased with what it sees

Ukraine has learned lessons from the battlefield but Russia has not. The result is humiliating for Vladimir Putin

In dark times, it is genuinely heartening to see Europeans coming together. We have our differences, but we are, essentially, the same, writes one reader

He has the task of preserving a system that even he knows can no longer be justified

From the Kingdom of Denmark to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, how the other monarchies across Europe function

Sweden’s big parties took up populist talking points to kill off the far right. Instead, the extremists are close to power – and getting worse

Germany isn't a country of royalists, but we turned into a republic of Elizabethans