Europe
Charlemagne
What markets are trying to tell Europe—and why it should listen
There’s gold in them thar market signals
The same old Balkan tinderbox
A mysterious attack in northern Kosovo rattles everyone
Might civil strife resume?
An Ataturk complex
Instead of undoing Ataturk’s legacy, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed it
His secularism is played down, his nationalism celebrated
What have you got left?
Ukraine’s allies are scrambling to bolster its air defences
The country is bracing for another winter onslaught of Russian missiles
Seabed skulduggery
Who is sabotaging underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea?
Russia is the prime suspect, but a Chinese-flagged ship is also thought to have been involved
High tension
Paris and Berlin compromise on reform of the electricity market
But the row isn’t over yet
Europe’s populists
Marine Le Pen poses a greater threat than Giorgia Meloni
At least to the European Union and the transatlantic alliance
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