Michel Barnier: “No way” Eric Zemmour should be allowed to run for the Republican presidential nomination

In an interview, the former EU Brexit negotiator said that the right-wing polemicist should not be permitted to seek his party's presidential candidacy.

By Ido Vock

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German Election 2021

After a narrow election win by the Social Democrats, Germany heads for coalition talks

Jeremy Cliffe

Afghanistan

Why Afghan refugees in the US deserve more

Emily Tamkin

German Election 2021

How Olaf Scholz and the SPD could lead Germany’s next government

Jeremy Cliffe

Film

Daniel Craig is retiring as James Bond. Thank God for that

Kate Mossman

Geopolitics

How will China approach Afghanistan in the post-US era?

Jessie Lau

Germany Elects

German election 2021: How did Germany vote?

International Comment

World

The nuclear tinderbox: why the Indo-Pacific is the new arena of great power rivalry

The Aukus pact is more than an arms deal. It is a glimpse of the future of geopolitics in the…

By Jeremy Cliffe

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German Election 2021

Angela Merkel’s austerity condemned Europe and Germany to decline

Yanis Varoufakis

Encounter

Michael Sandel interview: “Joe Biden has broken with neoliberalism”

George Eaton

China

Why China’s Evergrande debt crisis is the tip of an iceberg

George Magnus

Canada

What Justin Trudeau’s narrow election victory means for Canada

Megan Gibson

Europe

Who will prevail in France’s memory wars?

Ido Vock

Climate

Why China and the US’s climate announcements are cause for hope

Philippa Nuttall

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German election 2021: How did Germany vote?

World Review

How Aukus marks a shift in global power

Germany Elects

German election 2021: the climate election?

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Canada snap election: why Justin Trudeau’s gamble could backfire

German Election 2021

German election 2021: How did Germany vote?

Jeremy Cliffe gives a run-down of the winners and losers in the German federal election.

German Election 2021

After a narrow election win by the Social Democrats, Germany heads for coalition talks

Jeremy Cliffe

German Election 2021

German election 2021: Live results and analysis

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German Election 2021

German election 2021: which coalitions can govern?

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German Election 2021

How tight is Germany’s 2021 election?

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Long Read

Europe

Who will prevail in France’s memory wars?

Emmanuel Macron is confronting France’s colonial past in Algeria and its role in the Rwandan genocide – and reopening old…

By Ido Vock

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“It’s unmanageable”: How the vinyl industry reached breaking point

Increased demand, plus the rising prices of raw materials, have led to huge delays at record pressing plants. When will…

By Ellen Peirson-Hagger

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Ludwig Wittgenstein: a mind on fire

Ray Monk

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In her new novel, Sally Rooney looks her critics in the eye

Anna Leszkiewicz

Books

How to talk about trans rights

Sophie McBain

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The haunting of Hilary Mantel

Rachel Cooke

Books

Katie Kitamura’s Intimacies is an amorphous, disquieting novel

Leo Robson

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Nubya Garcia: cuts to arts funding will make music “very elitist”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

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Commons Confidential: why is Starmer still smiling?

Your dose of gossip from the Labour conference.

By Kevin Maguire

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Why China’s Evergrande debt crisis is the tip of an iceberg

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