Europe

From the Sorbonne

“Our Europe can die”: Macron’s dire message to the continent

Institutions are not for ever, after all

Tackling the climate

Carbon emissions are dropping—fast—in Europe

Thanks to a price mechanism that actually works

Meloni and the media

Italy’s government is trying to influence the state-owned broadcaster

Giorgia Meloni’s supporters accuse RAI of left-wing bias

Charlemagne

Ursula von der Leyen is the favourite to keep leading the EU—right?

Potholes lie in the road to a second term

Farewell to harms

Has the spectre of terrorism finally been excised from Spain?

Good news comes from the success of a terrorist-linked political party

Drama king

Will Spain’s prime minister suddenly quit?

Pedro Sánchez stunned Spain with a promise to announce plans on April 29th

A weak link

The tiny republic of San Marino is alarmingly friendly to Russia

Intelligence sources are concerned about the country, which is surrounded by Italy

Hard times

Two years of war have impoverished many Ukrainians

The elderly, the displaced and the disabled are the worst affected

Droning on

Ukraine is ignoring US warnings to end drone operations inside Russia

Its superdrones can reach targets as far away as Siberia

The Russians are coming

Ukraine is digging in as the Kremlin steps up its offensive

Will it be enough?

Le nouveau faucon

How Russia targeted France and radicalised Emmanuel Macron

He is now one of Europe’s leading Russia hawks

Not-so-bullish Germany in the China shop

The German chancellor’s awkward meeting with China’s boss

It is time for Xi Jinping to accept that Germany isn’t America’s puppet