The German chancellor failed because he is weak in character and intellect

Allowing western missiles to strike targets deep in Russia will not change the war. Time to cut a deal.

The Europeans will repeat the same mistakes they made in 2016 - and add some more.

Ukraine is in such a mess because western experts underestimated Russia on many levels. Now they are underestimating the Brics+.

The EU referendum in Moldova and the elections in Georgia should give the EU a pause for thought.

Austerity is a bad idea. For parties of the left to embrace it is suicidal.

Russia is winning the Ukraine war because it has moved over to a war economy. Time for a strategic re-think in the West.

Europe's far-right parties are all different. The Austrian variant is particularly nasty.

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.