The countless individual tributes to Alexei Navalny show there is another Russia, and it’s one the west must support By next Monday, Vladimir Putin will have been “re-elected” president ...
In Munich I heard both Ukrainians and Alexei Navalny’s widow tell us why Putin must be defeated As we approach the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine this Saturda...
In the 1950s European nations tried and failed to build a defence community. They should try again On 6 June, Europe will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the D-day landings that began the lib...
After eight years of populist chaos, Donald Tusk must rebuild trust in the state and resist the urge to simply turn the tables “Evolution or revolution?” The question being asked in Poland ...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/23/poland-restoring-democracy-harder-donald-tusk
At the European Council, liberalism and populism will lock horns. Whichever side prevails could decide the course for years to come I have been in more than 20 European countries this year and ...
Now, a country can be aligned with the US on security while cosying up to Russia on energy and China on trade As the leaders of the world’s two superpowers, the US and China, hold a summit me...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/15/new-world-frames-reference-us-russia-china
The country’s populist nightmare is almost over, but it’s still early days and there are tough tasks ahead To be in Poland on Sunday night was to experience a rare moment of political joy. ...
The president has had a good run. But the Democrats must choose a younger candidate if Donald Trump is to be kept out of the White House During the two months I spent in the US this summer, I k...
English is still the continent’s most widely used language – and the Guardian’s new digital Europe edition is a major addition to the Eurosphere “How can anyone govern a country with 24...
Joe Biden must be bold at this week’s summit, and help to give Kyiv the security that would allow it to rebuild Unless the US gives bolder leadership on long-term security for Ukraine at Nato...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/11/president-biden-nato-summit-ukraine
Britain is like a sailing boat in the middle of the Channel, struggling for direction. It needs a bold new captain and a new crew As we approach the seventh anniversary of Britain’s fateful v...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/22/uk-eu-britain-brexit-anniversary
Ukrainians are preparing for a make-or-break counteroffensive. They have a theory of victory. Do we? As you read this, thousands of young Ukrainian men and women are going through their last tr...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/10/west-opportunity-risk-ukraine-counteroffensive
Support for the European Union is strong – even in post-Brexit Britain. Can it come through its external battles, too? It’s springtime in Brussels and the European Union has a spring in its...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/31/war-ukraine-eu-brexit-britain
One thing seems certain: the conflict isn’t going to end soon. But how can Ukraine win? And what is the feeling within Russia? During the last year, questions of timing – how quickly or eff...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/24/war-ukraine-2023-comment-is-free-panel-russia
Any credit I got last week for coining a term on Twitter was quite undeserved. The Ukrainians who did need Germany to do more A couple of weeks ago, at a moment of huge frustration over Chancel...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/03/germany-olaf-scholz-twitter-ukraine
While many have pledged support, Germany has a unique historical responsibility toward Zelenskiy and his people. It cannot shirk it Germany has a unique historical responsibility to help defend...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/18/germany-history-defend-ukraine-zelenskiy
The Kremlin’s imperial war has made its own culture and language a common enemy for people across its former empire The time has come to ask whether, objectively speaking, Vladimir Putin is a...
There will come a time for negotiations – but calls to reach a deal with the Kremlin now are more wrong-headed than ever As we mark the end of the ninth month of the largest, most brutal war ...
The new PM faces big challenges and will probably have diehard Brexiters in his cabinet. But as a realist, he will see the need to steer a new course The chaotic emergence of Rishi Sunak as Br...
After Brexit and then the death of the Queen, national unity and global respect are in doubt After the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, what’s in store for post-Elizabethan Britain? Whatever you t...