Europe
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Café Europa newsletter: Marco Rubio’s questionable history lesson
Matt Steinglass, our Europe editor, identifies the continent’s Spartans
Russian men are fleeing before the army can grab them
Vladimir Putin looks poised for a huge new wave of forced inductions
Donald Trump is again threatening to cut off arms to Ukraine
His diesel deal with Russia may prove as illusory as his “energy ceasefire”
Italy’s politicians are obsessed with short skirts
A parliamentary fight over hemlines shows the battle of the sexes is still on
Belarus is becoming increasingly Russian
As the country stamps out its national heritage, its neighbour’s propaganda is taking over
An explosive allegation rocks Germany’s spy agency
Its former chief is accused of passing on classified information to foreign agents
Arson at the school gate and tear gas on the streets
French pupils are angry and the country is tense
Europe’s lame-duck year could hardly come at a worse time
Elections will sap what little resolve Europe has to make tough decisions
Who will be Spain’s next prime minister?
Spain’s Socialist party hopes to hold on to power but the right leads the polls
The plague may have escaped from a lab in Siberia
Russian secrecy means it is unclear how grave the threat is
Germany and France want EU storm gates for China’s trade surge
A bold joint letter suggests confrontation looms with China
The War Room newsletter: Operation Vivaldi is wrong-footing Russia
Alex Turner, our defence editor, examines how a Ukrainian counter-offensive is faring
Pedro Sánchez gambles on a snap election—and populist policies
Spain’s prime minister makes a last stand for the European left
Schoolyard protests are setting France ablaze
Six months from an election, the mood is tense
Finland has a fix for nuclear waste
At least until the next ice age
The EU budget is where grand strategy meets petty squabbling
And petty squabbling always wins
Bond markets whack France for fiscal irresponsibility
Political risk brings economic pain
Putin’s new bombardment of Kyiv has a terrible logic
A Russian terror campaign aims to cripple the capital even before winter hits
Why MAGA hates and loves Europe
Three big reasons explain the New Right’s hostility to Europeans
Ireland is helping supply Russia’s war machine
The EU considers putting an Irish alumina refiner on its sanctions list
The EU’s new packaging rules are a bureaucratic bungle
Get ready for a ban on mini-sachets of ketchup, and much more
Friedrich Merz, the zombie chancellor
He cannot recover, but no one wants to finish him off—yet
The Mafia may be keeping fentanyl out of Italy
The country’s low overdose rate suggests an unlikely benefactor
France forces the EU to lift sanctions on a Russian oligarch
Azerbaijan exacts a ransom for detained French nationals
Red alert! Europe’s populist left is on the march, slowly
Populism isn’t just for right-wingers
Russia’s grey-zone attacks on Europe are growing more brazen
The Europeans will have to start fighting back
Café Europa newsletter: Canada’s love-in with the EU
Stanley Pignal, our Charlemagne columnist, explores what EU “associate membership” would actually mean for Canada
Friedrich Merz rues “disaster” as populists win state elections
German politics is fragmenting, fraying and radicalising
Turkey defies European orders to free political prisoners
If the European Court on Human Rights persists, the Turks may quit the human-rights convention
The AfD could stumble in another state election
A late surge by the ruling Social Democrats in an eastern state could slow the far right’s momentum
Why Europe’s populists don’t criticise China
An ideal target gets a free pass from the demagogues
Russia’s sham election is descending into farce
The parliamentary vote may be followed by a bigger mobilisation for war
France’s centre has one question: who can beat Marine Le Pen?
Seven months out, presidential candidates are lacklustre and there are too many of them
The War Room newsletter: Russia is hunting Ukraine’s trains
Russia’s drones and missiles are battering the railway system, writes Adam Roberts, our foreign editor
Sweden’s left seems to have eked out a narrow victory
The populist-right Sweden Democrats appear to have stumbled