European leaders who know their continent’s history must now see that the US president is siding with the forces of tyrannyIn January 2018, when Donald Trump was in the second year of his first term as US president, Angela...
Read MoreFormer secretary general Jens Stoltenberg recalls the rollercoaster ride of dealing with Donald Trump – and how close the US president brought the alliance to the point of collapseNo other nation means more for what Nato is than...
Read MoreThe careers of Sturgeon, Merkel and Ardern show how foolish it is to idealise leaders just for being womenNicola Sturgeon was always afraid of failure. But it was a very particular kind of failure she feared; one that follows a...
Read MoreFormer German chancellor’s book tells how she tried to help David Cameron win over Britain’s EuroscepticsAngela Merkel has said she was “tormented” over the result of the Brexit referendum and viewed it as a “humiliation, a...
Read MoreThis war is Russia’s fault. But European nations rebuffing Russia during the noughties did not helpWhy did Vladimir Putin invade Ukraine and try to capture Kyiv in February 2022, and not years earlier? Moscow has always...
Read MoreFormer Hamburg mayor secures 395 of 736 delegates’ ballots in parliamentary voteOlaf Scholz will succeed Angela Merkel as Germany’s new chancellor after securing a majority of 395 of 736 delegates’ ballots in a...
Read MoreCall comes after Polish PM said Russia was behind flow of people from Middle East to EU bordersThe German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has asked Vladimir Putin to intervene in the crisis on the Belarus-Poland border in an appeal...
Read MoreSocial Democrats edge out Christian Democrats, according to preliminary results, but tight finish leaves third-placed Green party as kingmakerGerman election results in fullWhat happens next as parties vie to form...
Read MoreThe end of one of Europe’s most complex political relationships is likely to focus on UkraineAngela Merkel’s “farewell visit” to the Kremlin on Friday will mark the end of one of Europe’s oldest and...
Read MoreSearch for missing continues, with Netherlands, Switzerland and Luxembourg also affectedThe death toll from catastrophic floods in western Germany and Belgium has risen to more than 160, local authorities have said, as emergency...
Read MoreSearch for missing continues, with Netherlands, Switzerland and Luxembourg also affectedThe death toll from catastrophic floods in western Germany and Belgium has risen to more than 125, local authorities have said, as emergency...
Read MoreSearch for missing continues, with Netherlands, Switzerland and Luxembourg also affectedThe death toll from catastrophic floods in western Germany and Belgium has risen to more than 120, local authorities have said, as emergency...
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