European Union

After upcoming elections in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania, healing Europe’s east-west divide will be more urgent than ever.

British citizens will no longer be covered by EU law, and courts won’t have the power to protect minorities from the will of the parliamentary majority. Only a codified constitution can ensure basic rights.

A Chinese-financed project to connect the Estonian and Finnish capitals has hit a snag as Europe ponders how to deal with Beijing’s economic heft.

The European Union and United States need a joint front against poisonous kleptocracy.

With U.S. manufacturing taking its worst hit since the Great Recession, signs of a global economic downturn are everywhere.

But in the United States, they show no signs of abatement.

Billed as a safe pair of hands, Ursula von der Leyen is about to find out that caution can only take her so far.

The EU must start enforcing its export controls, or else risk making conflicts around the world even worse.

A Belgian fighter captured in Syria was transported to Iraq to face trial. He's now on death row.

The departure of Trump’s hawkish national security advisor raised hopes in Washington, but a sudden thaw with Tehran is unlikely.

Maximum pressure won’t make Tehran capitulate. Letting it enhance its conventional military capabilities could convince it to rein in proxies and curb its nuclear and missile programs.

Parliament delivers a blow to Boris Johnson’s power grab.

As the United States retreats, the EU is shaping its own military.

Bashar al-Assad is on the verge of victory after massacring his population with Russian help. But the EU’s fear of yet another refugee influx could spur action to stop the carnage.

If Boris Johnson is hoping to pressure Europe to accept his preferred Brexit outcome, he has badly miscalculated.

The natural gas discovered in the Eastern Mediterranean is so expensive to bring to market that it might never reach European consumers, let alone change the policies of EU governments.

A general election in the wake of a chaotic no-deal Brexit is too great a risk. For a man who has always wanted to occupy No. 10 Downing St., a three-way referendum is the safest way to prolong his premiership.

The British prime minister’s tough talk is designed to provoke Remainers into blocking Brexit—and give him a villain to blame during an election campaign.