Europe

Labour’s leader has wasted one opportunity to reopen and win the debate. He can’t squander another

The party shows worrying signs of not fully understanding the limits of what might be available to a country outside the club

As the country prepares to host Europe’s biggest footballing extravaganza, here are my insider tips for navigating Germany like a local

Brussels has become synonymous with the European Parliament, but the real city is far removed from the exclusive little EU island inside the capital

Amid faint glimmers of hope, the European elections showed that a politics the world hoped was long gone is back on the march

The Netherlands serves as a warning of what happens when mainstream parties appease the far right rather than confronting them

As tensions rise, Islamist groups are once again quietly preparing attacks in Europe – with the Olympics and Euro 2024 as possible targets

With China's economy in trouble, Xi has taken to wooing Europe

I know I need to give it up, I'm just not ready to leave Neverland yet

Despite their morbid history, today Europe's railways bring our cultures closer together

The comical hypocrisy of right wing panic over new border schemes

Labour thinks nationalising trains is a vote-winner. But a rail trip through the continent shows delays and strikes are problems there too

Welcome to the Sevington Inland Border Facility, the Brexiteers’ gift to Britain

Even with planned changes to the sponsorship rules, the risk of exploitation among care workers will remain

From Catalonia to Cumbria, there are around 100 active separatist movements in Europe. What drives them, and how many are serious about full independence?

A study reveals that the UK has no choice but to follow tougher trading rules from the bloc

Post-Brexit checks and charges on EU food imports are here – and we’ll soon notice their impact

The youth movement of the 1950s was rooted in Britain’s working class, but its influence and notoriety spread across the continent

In a convoy supplying kit to Ukrainian soldiers at the frontline, I’ve seen beauty and horror, death and survival

The outgoing Taoiseach ran rings around Boris Johnson as he made peace a priority

Civil service numbers have soared as the government undermines its own response to Brexit

Macron’s supposed ‘gaffe’ over European troops in Ukraine has invigorated the allies and again raised the question of an EU army

The data shows that more foreign workers are good for the UK. So why is the chancellor so keen to pretend otherwise?

The British dream of escaping to warmer climes is becoming harder to achieve post-Brexit

Her plan will only work if she can deliver growth, clean energy and rising wages

Despite the government’s best efforts, international students still want to study in the UK

Brussels is accustomed to demonstrations but the farmers’ protests were a different story

In an exclusive extract from his diaries of 1999 and 2000, former Labour minister Denis MacShane reveals the growing xenophobia in the Tory Party under William Hague’s leadership – and how it sowed the seeds of Brexit

The state of Europe’s fighting forces was too controversial a topic for the Davos agenda

Satire, sadness and the home truths about a divided nation

Worrying trends across Europe and the world suggest that women’s rights are under threat

I am looking forward to the Tories’ demise at the next general election, but it is our entire political system that must radically change, and for good