Ben Hall

Political woes and a ballooning deficit leave Paris searching for stability at home and credibility abroad

Diplomatic success in Washington suggest unity is paying dividends and counters narrative of submission to US

Lack of clarity over US security guarantees shows primacy of form over substance

Robert Armstrong speaks to Ben Hall

This week Volodymyr Zelenskyy fell from his democratic pedestal

If governments want to decarbonise while maintaining public trust, they will need to invest in the right infrastructure

US offer to recognise annexation of territory alarms Kyiv and other European capitals

Did the judges err in disqualifying her from elected office and what does the verdict mean for France’s political trajectory?

The rapid action by Friedrich Merz in the face of Donald Trump’s disruption highlights how the continent’s leaders need strategy as well as spending

Ukraine’s president is haunted by Russia’s frequent flouting of terms set under Minsk agreements

Defiant Ukrainian president sees no need to make amends for explosive Oval Office row with Trump

It is not hard to imagine the US president and his deputy were spoiling for a fight with the Ukrainian leader

Kyiv obtained some concessions from the Trump administration, but no postwar security guarantees

President’s comment comes a day before third anniversary of Russia’s full-blown invasion of Ukraine

French president tells Financial Times that continent should ‘muscle up’ and secure its own future

Andrzej Duda says allies must bolster Ukrainian security to prevent ‘explosion’ of crime spilling into Poland

US president tells World Economic Forum he will insist central banks lower interest rates ‘immediately’ afterwards

Ukraine’s president delivers scathing critique in Davos of continent’s reluctance to spend more on defence

The Mitteleuropa troublemakers might not always act in unison but they are becoming impossible to sideline

Kyiv and its European allies believe they have a chance to shape the incoming president’s plan to end the war. But they are divided over what to propose