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Two looming crises for France

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France

Two looming crises for France

If François Bayrou’s government falls, an optimistic outcome is unlikely

John Keiger

J.D. Vance: proconsul to Britain?

In Britain, as with Washington DC, American leaders are now saving localities from too much self-rule run amok

Bruce Gilley

Will Germany actually send troops to Ukraine?

Friedrich Merz has had little help from his own cabinet in backing up his commitment

Lisa Haseldine

Does Trump’s handshake deal with the EU put America first?

Of course, in Trumpworld, trade-offs don’t exist. There’s no downside, no losing. There’s only ‘winning’

Kate Andrews

Germany

Can Friedrich Merz save Germany from irrelevancy?

German ministers seem determined to advertise their nation’s unwillingness to shoulder serious responsibilities

Henry Donovan

Europe
August 19, 2025
Will Pope Leo stand up to Islam?
His sentimentality could lead to the death of European culture
Joseph D’Hippolito
Europe
August 19, 2025
The Trump-Zelensky meetings offered a show of Western unity
Europe’s leaders avoided any hint of disappointment or cleavages within the alliance
Charles Lipson
Europe
August 18, 2025
Trump on best behavior in meetings with Zelensky and European leaders
The President’s eupeptic push for a peace deal is not meeting with overt resistance
Jacob Heilbrunn
Europe
August 18, 2025
Zelensky dresses up and avoids dressing-down
Trump specializes in the diplomatic theater of the absurd
Madeline Grant
Europe
August 18, 2025
Why Vladimir Putin wants Donetsk
The region is of supreme strategic value
Mark Galeotti
Europe
August 15, 2025
The folly of labeling air conditioning ‘far right’
You are removing any real meaning from the term by using it to describe mainstream ideas held by tens of millions
Stephen Pollard
Europe
August 14, 2025
The US is right to warn Britain about its free speech record
The State Department didn’t even mention the 30-plus people a day arrested for social media posts
Andrew Tettenborn
Europe
August 11, 2025
Candace Owens: on the Macron lawsuit, anti-Semitism and Trump
Bits from Candace Owens and Freddy Gray’s interview
Freddy Gray
Art
August 4, 2025
An American in Paris
John Singer Sargent was was destined for greatness – and scandal
Jane Coombs
Europe
August 4, 2025
Ann Coulter: On immigration, Trump 2.0 and the Epstein Files
Bits from Ann Coulter and Freddy Gray’s interview
Freddy Gray

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