Interviews'Driven by the same fear' What's going on in France? Luc Rouban on common causes of left and right-wing protests and the role of Macron
Interviews‘An unpredictable player’ Established parties are still struggling to deal with Germany's right-wing populists. A conversation with Wolfgang Schroeder
EuropeReturn to sender How a postal strike caused government turmoil in Finland and made Sanna Marin the country's youngest prime minister By Heikki Jokinen
EuropeAn empty promise of a fresh start EU policies don’t tackle root causes of migration – they risk aggravating them. And von der Leyen doesn't offer a 'fresh start' By Lasse Juhl Morthorst
EuropeGeorgia's neoliberal agony In Georgia, the state has given up on development. Neoliberalism is exhausted — there's nothing left to sell or deregulate By Mate Gabitsinashvili
EuropeA Chinese perspective on German foreign policy Germany needs to find its way at a time when the multilateral world order is faltering and foreign policy egomania is rampant By Jiang Feng Jiang Feng
EuropeA truly geopolitical EU Commission? Rather than playing geopolitical games itself, von der Leyen’s Commission should be critical of the very notion of geopolitics By Marius Müller-Hennig
EuropeGangs of the North In Sweden, gang-related crimes are on the rise. Under pressure from the right, the government reacts with tough measures By Henrik Tham
Interviews'Von der Leyen cannot rely on a stable balance of power' Ursula von der Leyen's new Commission has ambitious goals, but will face an uphill battle, Renate Tenbusch argues
Economy and ecology'The effects balance each other out' It's entirely possible to protect the environment and create employment opportunities. A scenario for the German economy By Markus Hoch, Almut Kirchner
