Opinion

Too many Germans see support for AfD as an eastern phenomenon but the party’s vote share is growing in the west

Britain’s political class is locked in a cycle of consensus on law and order that costs a lot and delivers little

The green party has ambitions to make Bergen ‘cruise-free’ by 2027 but this will be no mean feat

Brexit has grounded the ‘snowbirds’ who headed for Spanish holiday homes each winter – and ended dreams of expat life in the sun

With a populist returned to power in Slovakia, the Czech Republic has been reminded of the ever-changing nature of nationhood

Can Donald Tusk turn back the populist tide in this weekend’s election? Or will PiS deal yet another blow to the EU’s hopes of unity?

Bologna is at risk of being turned into a tourist’s vending machine

The prime minister’s reaction to recent violence in the country has made it all too clear that the political weather is set to darken

There aren’t many outsiders in Geldo, but then there aren’t many Geldanos either

The pre-war German design school set the template for beautiful, functional modernism. Can an EU-backed revival match up?

I would take a wrecking ball to Buckingham Palace, one of the ugliest buildings in London

If the party’s mind-boggling conference is anything to go by, the Conservatives’ flight from reality is complete

Despite an invader on stage and an elephant in the room, Labour’s leader looks in control of his party and his destiny

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

As the aftermath of the Hamas incursion dominates the headlines, we should not take our eyes off Kosovo

A broken Tory party would turn to a Farage comeback

The shadow chancellor is winning rave reviews, but needs to tackle productivity

Letting Labour hold their conference last is another Conservative blunder

As Israel contemplates another intelligence failure, the world looks nervously at what comes next

Safety-first will not save Britain’s economy and Labour’s leader knows it

The Labour leader’s praise for Clement Attlee in a new book is significant

Authoritarian populists tolerate opposition media – as long as they only exist at the margins

Give Kosovo a path to NATO and crack down on Serbia’s Vučić, says a former Kosovan foreign minister

An interview with Andrew Bailey makes clear the extra burden leaving the EU has put on the Bank and Britain’s economy

This strange, stale conference speech by a man of no vision won’t revive the Tories

The abiding memory of the Tories’ Manchester conference will be of a party embracing post-truth

Four days of shame in Manchester from the party of short-termism and moral bankruptcy

Putting up pictures in a new home leads to considerable pondering

No serious candidate for the presidency has ever deployed such grotesque and horrific language. But then there has never been a politician like Trump

In Liverpool, Labour needs to gather the kind of momentum that will bury the Tories for a generation

Rising tensions over the Mediterranean migrant crisis threaten to sour the special relationship between Germany and Italy