perspectives

In her opening statement to the European Parliament, the newly elected President of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, stressed the...

High hopes, weighed down by cautious cynicism, accompanied a December summit which saw Russian president Vladimir Putin meet with his...

So this is where we are; despite six months of insisting that he wouldn't trigger a general election, Spain's beleaguered Prime Minister,...

In Poland’s most recent election, the ruling right-wing party Law and Justice (PiS) narrowly won a second term in office. The election...

Over the past few days, the political tumult surrounding Catalonian independence has finally reached boiling point. Rioters are beginning...

The former French president Jacques Chirac, an icon in France’s political history with seemingly never-ending luck and one of the longest...

On the 29th of September Austrians headed to the polls to decide their future after the collapse of the OVP-FPO government due to...

Never before have European Green parties been as popular as they are today. In this year’s European elections, the grouping of Green...

It has been over a decade since the Great Recession of 2007-2009. Now more than ever, markets across the world are exhibiting the warning...

Richard Smith argues in favour Taking a leaf out of the Boris Johnson book of ‘flirt with both sides, then decide’, this piece began life...