Europe
Is this why Germany has escaped lightly from coronavirus?
It is hard to explain different death rates simply by the different approaches taken by governments
A no-deal Brexit is now all but inevitable
In reality, each Brexit negotiator is merely going through the motions
Did the most polarizing man in Polish politics breach lockdown?
Across Europe, a grim sport has been made out of catching experts and authorities not following their own rules
Can Germany spend its way out of the corona crisis?
Merkel’s generosity on behalf of the German taxpayer is reaping its rewards
Will Boris Johnson stand with Hong Kong?
The Chinese government have blatantly violated the handover treaty
It’s not only Dominic Cummings whose fate is at stake
Boris’s critics have been given their biggest chance yet at destabilizing his operation
The way ‘COVID deaths’ are being counted is a scandal
We have no idea how many lives have really been lost to the disease
Escaping the dragon: the British government’s new approach to China
How Boris Johnson plans to reduce the UK’s dependence on Beijing
Norway health chief: lockdown was not needed to tame COVID
A country should only enforce this draconian measure if it is sure that the academic foundation for lockdown was sound
Britain should demand a level playing field from the EU
Lufthansa will now be able to undercut British airlines on fares
Dominic Cummings: Why I traveled to Durham
‘I believe that in all circumstances I behaved reasonably and legally’
Why should Dominic Cummings be sacked for protecting his family?
This is about whether an individual has the right to do what he believes to be right for his family or not
Coronavirus, Spexit and the remarkable rise of Vox
Vox’s defense of conservative values appeals to the many in a traditionally Catholic country who resent political correctness
Boris is convinced he’ll still get a Brexit deal
His optimism is based on both sides being pragmatic in the end
Ontario and Germany’s simple alternative to the R number
Link the lifting of lockdown measures to the number of infections per 100,000 population
Lockdowns are as contagious as COVID
Once short-term deaths become the yardstick by which policies are judged, it is difficult to steer a different course
Can the EU survive this virus?
If Merkel fails, then it’s far from clear that anyone else has a Plan B
Brexit is back — and COVID has transformed negotiations
Coronavirus has dwarfed any changes Brexit might bring. We are over that cliff edge already
How Macron gamed the EU COVID fund
The ‘transfer union’, it turns out, will largely be a transfer to France
Are young people more likely to catch COVID?
Young people tend to indulge in the highest amount of social mixing
Cambridge University is kowtowing to China
Further investigation of Jesus College’s China Centre site suggests all is not well
Germany’s flag burning ban is a threat to freedom of expression
The defilement of flags is not about the protection of individuals
Sweden has pioneered an alternative to lockdown — and it works
Confinement is not a good way to manage uncertainty
Extremists are going to thrive in the post-lockdown world
When I trawl the chat boards and the jihadi messenger groups it’s clear that they are preparing to exploit the economic crisis to come
France’s bid to tame the German giant
Fear is rising of an asymmetric European economic exit from the pandemic
