Tony Barber

Friedrich Merz wird versuchen, mit einer moderaten Koalition zu regieren, während der Rückhalt für extremistische politische Kräfte zunimmt

Internal disagreements are just as serious a problem as external pressure from the US and Russia

Conservatives in Europe are increasingly entwined with more extreme forces but circumstances differ nation by nation

Trump’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico is part of a long tradition of deploying cartography in the service of power

Long-term changes in social attitudes combine with the decline of mainstream parties to open a door for the far right

More orthodox economic measures go hand in hand with a Kurdish initiative and a recalibrated foreign policy

Curbing irregular arrivals is a political priority but legal and humanitarian questions cannot be brushed aside

Dealing with the next US administration will test Warsaw as it replaces Budapest in the EU’s rotating presidency

Political and fiscal troubles pile up in Paris as Athens continues to recover from its debt agony

Developments beyond as well as inside Europe threaten one of the bloc’s cornerstone projects