Emmanuel Macron was aiming for no less than the transformation of French society. His determination to reconcile alienated voters with a liberal project of radical social and economic reforms made …

After the Hanau terror attack, Germany is debating about racism. Does this debate miss the point? Our Europe Editor, Nick Alipour, investigates. A few weeks ago, one of my friends …

Nando’s is a pretty cool place. Millions of British teenagers, students, and the celebrities they idolise frequent the South African chicken restaurant chain. Unsurprisingly, the members of the new party …

“I’m just Theresa, nobody loves me.” It would not be surprising if those were actually the words of an exhausted Theresa May entering No. 10 after another day of Brexit …

While eternal winter was engulfing the north of the continent in snow, a subtle fight has broken out in Germany. The battle is all about an iron throne: the throne …

The timing could not have been worse. On 26 January, police searched the office of the Portuguese finance minister Mario Centeno – only two weeks after he had officially assumed the presidency of …

The man finishes off his speech with a rebellious call: “For today, long live the Republic! For tomorrow, long live the left!” What he did not mean: long live the …

From the outside, it seems as if nothing has changed. For a brief moment, the world turned its eyes to the German election, noticed Merkel had won and then turned …