Sahra Wagenknecht, a politician of the left with themes of the right, is the new power broker in German politics

The Franco-German relationship is not what it used to be. The two countries are growing apart.

The EU's has an entered an era of secular economic decline and is politically too gridlocked to reverse it.

The main consequences of far-right political victories is political gridlock. First in France, now in Germany.

A trade war with China is now very likely, but not in Europe's best interest

The Ukraine war may have gone into another phase but is heading towards its final stretch.

Giorgia Meloni said she wants to change the EU from within. This is not going to happen. What will she do next?

There is a room for improvement in the UK-EU relationship. But not as much as you might think.

Emmanuel Macron's spontaneous dissolution of parliament could have dire consequences for the EU.

Starmer is right that the UK will not return to the EU in his lifetime, but for the wrong reasons.

The west's hypocrisy is on show after the decision by the ICC prosecutor to go after Benjamin Netanyahu

The media and the students are on opposite sides for the first time. The result is that students no longer read what we do.

Spain's political culture is more toxic than elsewhere. Here is an attempt to trace the historical origins.

The money is there, it is earning interest, and it is awfully tempting. Yet, the raid on Russian reserves is wrong.

Olaf Scholz thinks that Germany can preserve its special relationship with China. He has not thought this through.

The US has agreed what could be its final support package for Ukraine. It's over to us.

More formidable people than Giorgia Meloni have tried to change the EU from within. They all failed.

The SPD used to define itself in terms of the German-Russian relationship. Now what?

The German recession will end soon, but structurally weak growth will persist.

When countries are divided, talk about strategic ambiguity will be interpreted as a bluff.