Europe
The battle over a German town’s black patron saint
St Maurice is a ubiquitous presence in Coburg. His profile adorns the town’s coat of arms, and numerous public buildings
What price is too high in the war against COVID?
If we wish to limit further economic damage, we need to find ways to live with the virus
Was Sweden’s refusal to lockdown a gruesome mistake?
Over the first half of the year the Swedish economy shrank by a little less than did Denmark’s
Europe’s shameful silence on Belarus
History will deliver a damning verdict against those who heard a cry for freedom from their neighbors, and did nothing
Is this the end for Europe’s last dictator?
The ‘slipper revolution’ could pave the way for a democratic Belarus
Is Britain heading for the worst economic hit in Europe?
Of course we were going to fall. Now we know how hard
How dangerous is COVID? A Swedish doctor’s perspective
Sweden ripped the metaphorical band-aid off quickly and got the epidemic over and done with in a short amount of time
Belarus’s regime is nearing collapse
Politically, Lukashenko is a dead man walking
Spain’s bizarre mask policies
Social distancing has now been abolished on public transport but mask wearing has not
What’s up with Macron’s Lawrence of Arabia stunt?
Often with Macron his failure comes down to poor communication at home and abroad
Never has a virus been so oversold
I’d like to sign on with COVID’s agent. What a publicity budget
Dear Boris: what happens if Trump doesn’t accept defeat?
How the British PM should handle the US election
Europe is finally coming to terms with Brexit
But it still matters what kind of trade arrangement the UK agrees with the EU before January 1
Has Sweden been vindicated?
The Scandinavian country has taken an economic beating despite never instigating a full lockdown
The thinning of the Spanish monarchy
A republican Spain would very likely be a Spain that falls apart, an example not irrelevant to the United Kingdom
London in limbo: can Britain’s capital survive this crisis?
The motor of the UK’s economy must not stay stuck in second gear
Sweden’s COVID-19 strategy is already paying off
Alone among the world’s developed economies, Sweden didn’t go into full lockdown
Juan Carlos’s exile may not save the Spanish monarchy
The worry is that there will be further revelations about the ex-king in the fall and winter
COVID-19 and the twilight of Britain and France
Europe is being eclipsed as the geopolitical heartland of world affairs
Should the UK’s Russia report have relied on Christopher Steele?
Many months after he gave his evidence, there are reasons to cast fresh doubt on the veracity of his dossier
Trump’s error in withdrawing troops from Germany
After 1990, the German public became rather critical of the American military presence
The rise of Dutch Euroskepticism
The Netherlands has always felt suspicious of further political integration
A second wave in Europe? Perhaps, but deaths are still down
At the moment it looks pretty benign
Girl power does not stop the spread of COVID
The virus doesn’t care about your political theories
The ghost of Clement Attlee
It is culture more than actual achievement that accounts for Attlee’s popular obscurity
