Europe
Red, black and kaleidoscopic
Germany’s new party on the far left may eat into the far right
Sahra Wagenknecht enters the fray
Charlemagne
How the spirit of Jacques Delors might be rekindled
As the EU mourns, what would Jacques do?
Meet a mini-Macron
The president appoints modern France’s youngest prime minister
Can the 34-year-old Gabriel Attal revive Emmanuel Macron’s fortunes?
Laughter and fear
Ukrainian stand-up comedy has seen a renaissance during the war
But where should performers draw the line?
Charlemagne
On Gaza, Europe is struggling to make its diplomacy matter
Call it the agony of inaudibility
Cancelkulturkampf
Some German Jews say their country goes too far defending Israel
And they find themselves attacked for antisemitism
Get them while they’re young
The simmering row over Spanish-language teaching in Catalan schools
Now fuelled by a poor result in the latest PISA educational tests
Battle of wills
A New Year’s interview with Volodymyr Zelensky
The Ukrainian president remains defiant, despite the prospect of a bleak year ahead
A heavy strike
Russia tries to overwhelm Ukraine with missiles
As the land war grinds on, the aerial one is heating up
Charlemagne
In Turkey, Erdogan’s charges of Western hypocrisy stick
He is making hay with the war in Gaza
French style
Why French women no longer wear high heels
A footwear revolution in the world’s fashion capital