Go on, pull it. See what happens.
J.L Nelson
David Cameron hopes to please eurosceptics by applying a mechanism to suspend welfare payments to EU migrants. Here’s how it works.
Searching for the brake?
PA/Ben Pruchni
Heavy on warm wishes, light on concrete action is the outcome of negotiations that could determine the future of Europe.
EU and Polish flags together at anti-government demonstration in Warsaw.
Kacper Pempel/Reuters
After years of being hailed as the shining example of post-Communist success, Poland is being depicted going ‘backward.’ What happened? And why is this significant for Europe?
Reuters/Christian Hartmann
Christiane Taubira has battled for years to prove her right to represent French people, so she couldn’t stay silent when a controversial plan was hatched to strip some of their nationality.
New arrivals will be searched and told to give up items of value.
EPA/Claus Hansen
For many, it evokes memories of the Holocaust. So how can the government justify it?
Beata Szydło: nothing to see here, I swear.
EPA/Patrick Seeger
The EU is investigating concerns that the national government is breaching shared values as it pushes through constitutional reforms.
Reuters/Michael Dalder
Printers have been overwhelmed with orders for the first edition of the text to be published in Germany since 1945.
EPA
God’s son, an early and astute observer of the limits of developmental economics, famously declared that “the poor will always be with you”. To judge by the otherwise enchanting streets of Paris, he knew…
Always watching.
EPA/Facundo Arrizabalaga
A public inquiry says the murder of the former Russian spy was probably approved by Vladimir Putin. So how will the UK react?
There’s no end in sight to the wave of refugees seeking solace in Europe.
Reuters
Europe’s biggest achievements, such as open borders and human rights, are at risk as government responses to the refugee crisis fall short.
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Human guinea pigs? On the occasion of Rennes drama, an explanation of what the drug trials in France and how they are controlled.
Shutterstock calendar
Better hold off on booking that summer holiday to Europe.
A protest flag depicts Jarosław Kaczyński as Poland’s puppet master.
Reuters/Kacper Pempel
The new, nationalist government is cutting ties in all directions, but it could soon run out of options.
Watching Putin’s end-of-year news conference in Sevastopol, Crimea.
Reuters/Pavel Rebrov
The “hot” phase of the Ukraine conflict may have passed, but Moscow and Kiev are hardly warming to each other.
Pushing back against the backlash.
Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay
Germany has been a world leader in taking in refugees, but a xenophobic outcry at a wave of sexual assaults puts the government in a tight spot.
Singing from his own hymn sheet.
Number 10
New research shows that the government’s welfare proposal is out of step with reality.
A man holds a giant pencil as tribute in a solidarity march for Charlie Hebdo victims
Stephane Mahe/Reuters
France was left reeling by the attacks of January 2015 and things only got worse as the year unfolded – so why the political inertia?
Get off my back!
Laurent Dubrule
The Prime Minister will allow ministers to vote as they please in the EU referendum. But did he really have any other option?
The PP, celebrating while it can.
Reuters/Marcelo del Pozo
Spain’s two-party system is now consigned to the history books – but forming a functional government will be anything but easy.
Spain’s ruling People’s Party is predicted to win the election – but not by much.
Reuters/Andrea Comas
Spain’s era of two-party government is coming to an end – but what exactly happens next is far from clear.