Dependent judiciaryPoland’s government is putting the courts under its controlThe question is whether the EU will do anything about itprint-edition iconJul 20th 2017
CharlemagneEmmanuel Macron is revitalising the European Union—and dividing itEurocrats should temper their new optimism with a bit of cautionprint-edition iconJul 20th 2017
Saying “no” to ErdoganTurkey’s growing repression leads to a showdown with GermanyA human-rights activist’s arrest is more than Angela Merkel can tolerateJul 21st 2017
Extra time and punishmentThe cost overruns on Russia’s World Cup stadiums are staggeringThey have become a symbol of corruption under Putin’s ruleprint-edition iconJul 20th 2017
Stumbling into a fightFrance’s top general quits, in a test for Emmanuel MacronA conflict over military spending challenges the young president’s take-charge imageprint-edition iconJul 20th 2017
Unwelcome choicesItaly is facing a surge of migration across the MediterraneanWith economic migrants piling up in Italy, the EU is doing little to helpprint-edition iconJul 20th 2017
Teutonic tremorsGermany fears Donald Trump will divide EuropeAngela Merkel is troubled by the president’s chumminess with Putin and Polandprint-edition iconJul 13th 2017
Playing chickenCatalonia plans an independence vote whether Spain lets it or notPrime Minister Mariano Rajoy says the vote is illegal and vows to block itprint-edition iconJul 12th 2017
Travesty internationalTurkey has arrested Amnesty International’s local directorThe detention of human-rights activists on terrorism charges is hard for other countries to ignore Jul 14th 2017
Rainbow Man v Bureaucrat ManYoung Russians are brainstorming ways to oppose the governmentYouTube, new superheroes and an inflatable duckprint-edition iconJul 13th 2017
Spiritual kinDonald Trump’s G20 speech owed a lot to PutinBut Russian hopes of an American realignment are misplacedprint-edition iconJul 13th 2017
CharlemagneThe EU must show the Balkans they still have a chance of joiningEurope’s inner courtyard is drifting towards crime and authoritarianismprint-edition iconJul 13th 2017
Negotiation islandCyprus may have missed its last chance for reunificationThe collapse of talks with the Turkish-occupied north makes a deal look unattainableJul 9th 2017
Heated protestTurkey’s embattled opposition is marching to IstanbulThe largest protest since 2013 is annoying President Recep Tayyip Erdoganprint-edition iconJul 6th 2017