Europe
European elections
Beyond France, the European elections will deliver more of the same
Outside France and Germany, the centre has largely held
Peace for Ukraine?
A peace conference over Ukraine is unlikely to silence the guns
Serious negotiations are unlikely to begin before the year’s end at the earliest
Too thin to survive?
The tiny statelet of Transnistria is squeezed on all sides
But so far Russia has been unable to gobble it up
Charlemagne
No wonder Macron’s gambling: Europe is home to the high-roller
You gotta bet big to win big in Europe
Build back better
Politics overshadows a conference to raise money for Ukraine
Not to mention the continued fighting
Macron’s mega-gamble
Why France’s president called a snap election
The centre wants to weaken Marine Le Pen’s hard right, in or out of power
The European Parliament elections
As the French hard right triumphs in EU elections, Macron calls snap vote
Outside France and Germany, the centre holds
Operation Memory
A D-Day commemoration that was not just about beating Hitler
Biden, Macron and Zelensky vowed to defend Ukraine and democracy
Charlemagne
Peak Europe turns 25: why June 1999 marked the continent’s zenith
Europe had a glorious future, once. What happened?
D-Day 80 years on
Remembering the Normandy landings
Thanksgiving in France for the bravery of America and other allies
Normalising the radicals
The Dutch are getting a half-populist, half-pragmatist government
A technocrat will be prime minister but the far-right Geert Wilders has the most MPs
Bulking up the Bundeswehr
Germany is thinking about bringing back conscription
But the chancellor is reluctant