Politics

What happens next will define the prime minister’s legacy – and shape the futures of Britain and Ukraine

Britain’s troubled manufacturers are facing even more red tape and cost. Can the government do a deal in time?

It’s no surprise that so many people are looking for ways to get out of the country

It took Ernest Bevin and a fear of Soviet expansion to bring Nato to life. Not even the US’s nationalistic retreat from Europe will kill it off

In a time of crisis, the former Labour leader says he’d rejoin the EU tomorrow – and wants the Brexit reset to be speeded up

In these worryingly unpredictable times, the UK needs to be fully engaged with the EU, for our own safety, security and prosperity

From Voltaire to Kant, the world would be a duller place without the discipline’s coffee-fuelled breakthroughs

Despite the lessons from the pandemic, the demagogues and their followers are all too ready to embrace a cult of death

Donald Trump and the mind-bending insanity of his foreign policy that treats enemies as friends and vice versa

As the country’s courts become more Russian, the real Georgia can be found out on the streets

In these days of far right anti-Islam extremism, AfD politicians are quick to seize on any evidence of what they call the Islamisation of Germany

To avoid a repetition of this dark past, Spain’s citizens must listen to the testimonies of those who suffered at the hands of Franco’s torturers

The Belgian prime minister’s cries for the EU to stick to its core functions are selfish and short-sighted

Spending 2.5% of GDP on defence is a good start – but it’s not enough

A vote at the United Nations made it very clear what he thinks of America’s former allies across the Atlantic

The braggart in the White House claims to have record high approval ratings – but polls show he actually has the worst among modern American presidents

Despite the CDU achieving one of its worst results ever, the party has managed to keep the AfD out of power – for now

US support is gone forever. What kind of Europe will emerge from the wreckage?

Right wing politicians and media have made themselves look ridiculous with flimsy attacks on the chancellor

Friedrich Merz is Germany’s new chancellor. But the far right are rising – and waiting for a moment of weakness

It’s only 30 years since a genocide took place in the heart of Europe, but already some are trying to rewrite history

Donald Trump is cuddling up to Putin while telling Ukraine: “First pay me, then feed your children”

The UK needs to cut red tape and boost growth - but despite hope over a youth mobility scheme, Brussels does not see a new deal as a priority

A YouTuber’s remark about Rishi Sunak caused a social media storm - but it says a lot about the impact of racism on non-white Brits

The UK is finally ready to do a reciprocal deal with the EU - but growth will only come with a return to full freedom of movement

Budapest endured Nazi rule, the Holocaust and then Stalin – how can anywhere recover from that?

Experts say the military alliance may become ‘dormant’ - and a European army remains just a pipe dream

Ukraine and tariffs mean the EU’s bandwidth is receding - now Starmer must act fast

Trump has shafted Ukraine. Now he threatens the security of the west

The hard right in the US and UK rely on deception and outright lies to make their case. It is time to weaponise the truth – before it’s too late