The diplomatic incident is a perfect microcosm of the growing unease European nations feel over China’s considerable investments in their ports and other critical infrastructure.

The judgement handed down by the disciplinary chamber is evidence of a significant evolution in the official bodies regulating medicine in France.

Climate activist Luisa Neubauer promoted her new book by claiming that she didn’t feel safe at the Frankfurt book fair in the presence of right-wing publishers. An invitation by Junge Freiheit to participate in a discussion was, however, left unanswered.

Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki said in an interview that Germans, who want Russia to be held accountable for its crimes in Ukraine, should take responsibility and support Polish claims for reparations from Germany.

The fight against microplastics and rising levels of environmental toxins should be taken up by those claiming to break with the establishment’s ‘green’ transition.

Except in parts of Scandinavia, Spain is the only country in Europe that has preserved a meaningful degree of long-distance cattle herding, and, along with it, the needed transhumance routes.

By choosing to vote for the Left’s censure motion, Marine Le Pen reinforced her status as the leading opponent of Emmanuel Macron. She showed that the overthrow of the government remained her primary objective and that she intended to give herself the means to achieve it.

Soon, even conservatives will have to ask some unsentimental questions. Where was the royal displeasure when most needed? Where was that counterweight to political power? ‘Locked down,’ is the answer.