Opinion

The spectre of Marine Le Pen has been banished - at least for now - but there is plenty for the re-elected president to focus on

Jacob Rees-Mogg says we should ignore an EU push for speed limiters in cars - but it has the potential to save more lives than seat belts

This is not only another cold war, it's a profound fragmentation of the global economy with little chance of a return to normal

A year on from the failed attempt to make European football a closed shop, the sport's administrators still want to tinker with the Champions League

Low investment, poor skills and bad managers leave Britain trailing its business rivals – but what are the chances of fixing these flaws?

Vladimir Putin, the man trained to oppose the West, has resurrected it and brought it back to a bygone era

Two young musicians are demonstrating that classical music is perfectly able to have contemporary appeal among the young

These three men should be on top of the world. Instead, each of them seems as if it's falling apart around them and they can't even enjoy it

Germany has had quite a yield of resignations recently. Our columnist explains why it looks like one more is soon to go in Olaf Scholz's new cabinet

Until our monarchy is replaced with a elected and transparent head of state then the UK cannot count itself a modern state

The so-called Nuremberg defence of “I was just following orders” won't protect them, nor should it

As swear words go, “putain” is up there with the best. But considering what most French people think of the Russian Tsar, is it time to revert it to “Putin”?

In both opposition to war in Russia, and British attitudes to climate change, mass dissent will probably come too late to make any difference

French presidential polls show the incumbent with a narrow lead, but he has done himself few favours against his reshaped rival

Pope Francis’s credentials as a reformer and the future of the Vatican’s finances are being laid bare as a financial crimes mega-trial unfolds in Rome

The rebranded right wing presidential candidate is not what she pretends

A plummeting economy, food left to rot and red tape trouble are heaping more pressure on Boris Johnson

The UK government has made exporting and importing difficult and costly. Everybody who was not a Brexit fantasist saw it coming

Comedian MITCH BENN sheds light on what an email chain trying to craft the prime minister's statement on Partygate fines may look like

Brexit has seen the UK leg of a fabled train journey quietly ditched

Sarah Sands, Akshata Murty’s public relations adviser, has an extraordinary ability to block out bad news

The prime minister is a proven liar and criminal. Of course his party and their rags will continue to support him

I, Claudius is remembered as a BBC classic, but it started a trend for historical European-set dramas with extra helpings of sex and violence

From climate change to Covid and now the Ukraine war. Everyone is feeling anxious – can we cope with any more?

Priti Patel should take note of the way the West African nation embraces migrants

What should the chancellor do next? Here is Alastair Campbell’s verdict

Anti-Christian sentiment in India has been on the rise since 2014 when Narendra Modi came to power – and now the attacks are turning increasingly violent

The left wing politician Clare Daly is no stranger to controversy, but this time her anti-war rhetoric is being used as ammunition by Russian media

The prime minister has no defence and no moral compass. Will his party finally act?

The prime minister and Rishi Sunak are being fined for breaking Covid rules… but don’t count on either resigning

Of all the issues influencing the French elections, there’s an unlikely one – hunting. Its supporters say the right to kill wild animals is at the heart of being French. But animal rights campaigners disagree, and now a recent series of deadly accidents is changing public opinion