Europe

This election is very bad news for the country formerly known as France

If realpolitik says an orderly plunder of Russian treasure might save Ukraine, then shouldn’t the rules change to allow it?

Italy’s ruling political party speaks as if victory is inevitable

Thoughts on Normandy and D-Day

Keir Starmer says British ties with the US are ‘vital to our shared security’

European leaders are operating as if the former president has already won, not wanting to be caught flat-footed yet again

Their grounds? Potential ‘public disorder’

The UK foreign secretary then heads to DC

It is imperative that the United States, in particular, approaches the situation with pragmatism and foresight

You can’t really blame the Pope Francis for bringing up negotiations

The Dutch populist’s victory is yet another rejection of the elites business as usual

The Polish elections offered another blow to a Polish-Hungarian relationship already fraying over the war in Ukraine

A case study about what can happen when the establishment class overreaches itself

Paul Wood reports from Lampedusa, Africa’s gateway to Italy

The culprits never seem possessed by tree-hatred, if there is such a thing. Rather, they seem to act on misanthropy

There are limits to what he can achieve with one more drab olive green reminder of his needs in Washington

Cultural appropriation, organic chickens — what is the world coming to?

Clearly there wasn’t a category for dental hygiene included under public health…

I was dreading this day last year. This year, I have high hopes