The anti-Brexit movement wasted energy on negative campaigning and parliamentary wrecking tactics

If the populists gain power in France and Italy, the future of the euro will be in their hands

Brussels was wrong to treat Brexit as a threat, rather than grasping it as an opportunity

From Brexit to fiscal policy, the EU’s largest member states have seen the mainstream wrongfooted

The UK should not agree to proposals to stagger the talks, with fish as part of the first course

The continent could become a playground of conflicting US, Chinese and Russian interests

Research shows that the policy has had an adverse effect on economic growth

Recognition of a two-speed Europe would help fix divides

The EU is culpably complacent about the challenges of the digital age

London and Brussels have both turned these negotiations into a zero-sum game

Ideally governments would co-ordinate fiscal policy but there is no sense of urgency

Nine countries can make a stand for sharing the fiscal burden of the pandemic

What if Italy cannot service its debt and a future government is tempted to default?

It is hard to overstate the turn to Euroscepticism. It will not go away when lockdown ends

We do not need another big lending programme; equity investments would get us out of the credit-versus-loans debate

It would be the underlying law and EU treaty that needs changing, not the ruling

Trump impeachment hearings go public

TV debate vacates centre ground

UK election campaign fights for national health

COP25 attempts to confront climate change

Democrats gear up for US impeachment

Boris Johnson rules out trade deal extension

The world faces increasing temperatures

Tensions in Iraq and North Korea greet Trump’s re-election plans

Carlos Ghosn takes the stage

‘Phase one’ deal provides only limited relief in US-China trade war

Saudis alleged to have hacked Jeff Bezos’s phone

Boris Johnson dives into the transition period

The US Republican party rallies behind Donald Trump

Democratic presidential contenders cling on over early hurdles

Tech companies caught in coronavirus disruption

Donald Trump visits India as sectarian violence erupts

Refugee crisis looms as ‘gates open’ on the Turkish border

UK government spending faces increasing pressures

Turning the key on the coronavirus crisis

Donald Trump plans to reopen US for business despite coronavirus

Governments scramble for coronavirus tests

Countries look for evidence that Covid-19 infections have passed their pinnacle

Donald Trump pulls support from the World Health Organization

Earth day struggles for global attention

Coronavirus lockdown hits US economy

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