Europe

Europe’s populists
Marine Le Pen poses a greater threat than Giorgia Meloni
At least to the European Union and the transatlantic alliance

High tension
Paris and Berlin compromise on reform of the electricity market
But the row isn’t over yet

Charlemagne
The EU’s response to the crisis in Israel exposes its limits
Whose foreign policy is it anyway?

From corruption to production
How a 31-year-old hopes to fix Ukraine’s state-owned defence giant
It won’t be easy, but nothing in Ukraine is

Tusk’s triumph
Poland gives pro-European liberals a big win
But the road back to the rule of law will be long and hard

Russia’s counter-counter-offensive
Now Russia is fighting to gain territory in the east of Ukraine
The battle for Avdiivka

Charlemagne
How rugby became a darling of Europe’s chauvinist right
The sport’s main attraction is that it isn’t football

Out of sight, out of mind
The EU’s endless search for a migration fix
An internal deal comes together while a cross-Mediterranean one falls apart

Winners and losers
Which EU country is winning our economic pentathlon?
We’ve ranked countries on five measures

German state elections
A boost for Germany’s right
Bavaria and Hesse re-elect Christian democrats and rebuke the country’s ruling coalition