European Elections

Too soon for champagne toasts to GroKo

The grand coalition treaty is strongly pro-European in tone, but the devil is in the details – and it could yet be rejected by SPD members

The long and winding road to Jamaica

The indications are this new German government will struggle to take advantage of the foreign policy opportunities presented by this election

Winners and losers in the UK election

The UK election result emphatically confirmed the sense that the political class is out of touch with popular sentiment