Leaving the EU is a chance to reform the biggest sector of Britain’s economy. But is Michael Gove up to the job, or will he be hamstrung by free-market [...]

The most likely outcome of negotiations is a variant of Norway’s deal, where we must abide by EU rules but have no say. We’re better off staying [...]

Competition between Washington and Moscow for a say in any peace deal is increasing the danger of a wider war starting by [...]

Instead of playing on people’s fears and trotting out soundbites, politicians must refine their response to terror attacks and hate [...]

Just as trauma is said to turn hair grey overnight, the election has abruptly aged the Conservative party. Theresa May and her ministers are not physically altered, but their whole enterprise feels more decrepit than it did just a month [...]

Physical money has existed since the dawn of modern economy but its role is vanishing as new methods of payment [...]

That Helmut Kohl, the man who oversaw the reunification of Germany and was for so long a giant on the European stage, should die on the eve of negotiations leading to Britain’s withdrawal from the EU seems symbolic. The former German chancellor made the best of the extraordinary circumstances and public mood that [...]

One of the greatest transformations to come out of this election is the focus on young voters. After years of being derided by politicians and the media, young people are finally being spoken about as a demographic of whom to take notice. But what stands out is that young people with disabilities aren’t even getting [...]

In preparation for his presidential bid, Emmanuel Macron, like all candidates, wrote a book outlining his vision for France. He called it Revolution. That a young, little-known centrist who only served a brief stint as minister for the economy under François Hollande and who has no formal backing from any of the main [...]

It was the most spectacularly inward-looking of elections. Of course, all politics is local, as a US congressman once famously said. Everywhere, people tend to vote according to the preoccupations of their immediate vicinity. No one can be forced to contemplate global trends, shifting geopolitics, conflict dynamics or [...]