China is one of the European Union’s major sources of frustration. Perhaps not the biggest; it is hard to rank...

I’m no Latin scholar, nor was I ever a particularly good student of Latin, but I’ve always remembered this phrase:...

You can be left-wing (a bit, or very much so), you can be centrist, you can be right-wing (again, a...

Viktor Orbán has been swept aside in the elections; after years of "illiberal democracy," what little democracy remained following the Prime...

There seems to be nothing capable of stopping the determination of Europe’s centre‑left (meaning, essentially, liberals, greens, and socialists) to...

Halfway through their term, all US presidents face a test of public approval: the "mid-term" elections, held roughly halfway through...

It’s not as if Europe’s leaders can be described as outstanding figures who will be remembered for their skill, institutional...

"We need to shun panic and stand with the consciousness that we have strengths and potentials that we need to...

The two former prime ministers will be invited to the next EU leaders' retreat, scheduled for 12 February, to discuss...

What US President Donald Trump intended to do with his attack on Venezuela is, as always with matters regarding him,...

One almost hopes that UNESCO will take this prize to Italian cuisine away, since even among ourselves, Italians manage to...

For once, probably not the only time, though I don’t want to sound like the nationalist I am not, Italy...

I sincerely hope that this latest investigation, involving the European Union's External Action Service, launched by EU investigators and entrusted...

The "pragmatic federalism" relaunched by Mario Draghi at the end of last week is not a new or original idea....

There is a red thread, a fairly strong one at that, linking the State of the Union Address delivered on...

Nothing good can be expected from the August summit in Alaska between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin for Ukraine, Europe,...

Bas Eickhout, one of the two group leaders of the Greens in the European Parliament, told Manfred Weber, the dominant...

The 'majority' that voted for Ursula von der Leyen less than a year ago no longer exists. As feared, the People's Party (EPP)...

And so, Friedrich Merz unwittingly inaugurated a new phase in German history. This morning, the Bundestag was packed with prominent...

Every ruling by the judiciary is an act of democracy. Certainly, those who are convicted often feel that the verdict...

Kaja Kallas, the former Estonian prime minister turned EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, seems to have already...

Defense is a complex thing. Having guns matters, of course, but as a police friend who drove like a Formula...

For some time, a discouraged claim that "democracy does not have the strength to save itself" has been gaining ground....

In the European Union, Donald Trump's return to the White House has generally triggered a wave of panic. A few...