IT IS A calm and confident Friedrich Merz who greets The Economist on February 7th at a luxury golf resort in Stromberg, a ...

As the new US defense secretary comes to Brussels on his first NATO visit, European allies will express willingness to boost defense spending but hope to keep it below the 5% Trump has demanded.

A member of the cultural group suggested the Sons of Italy in upstate New York, and the private group agreed to accept the statue. It was re-installed in July 2024 and rededicated two months later ...

How should one handle the 47th U.S. president? Kiss the ring, resist, offer deals and wait for exhaustion to set in.

NEWS ANALYSIS. Economically weakened and shaken by the rise of the far right, the European Union is in a difficult position ...

The move would allow governments with overstretched budgets more flexibility under the bloc’s debt and deficit rules.

Europe logistic projects since the Chinese Belt Road. Ukraine and Italy will play a part in the India-Middle ...

Spain attracted one of the highest numbers of international tourists last year, and its economic growth has left the UK and ...

The new cold war that is now taking shape is basically defined by the growing rift between the United States and China ...

By contrast, the German economy contracted by 0.2% in 2024, while France grew by 1.1%, Italy by 0.5%, and the UK by an ...

Over the past few weeks the new US president, Donald Trump, has repeatedly claimed that the United States should “take back” ...

At a gathering in Madrid, members of Europe’s far-right parties set aside any trepidation they might have about President ...