Europe | Poland

Tadeusz Mazowiecki

Mazowiecki left an indelible mark on Polish history in the revolutionary period that surrounded the demise of communism

By M.D. | WARSAW

Illustration of 3 soldiers stood on top of a giant calculator with an EU flag on with a display that reads one plus one equals three

Europe needs to spend more on defence, not just pretend to

There’s no such thing as a free tank

Germany's chancellor-in-waiting and leader of the Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) Friedrich Merz

The Bundestag approves the biggest fiscal expansion in post-war history

Germany decides defence and infrastructure are worth borrowing for


A man works on the Marder APC production line at the Rheinmetall factory in Kassel, Germany, July 25th 2023

Europe’s armsmakers have ramped up capacity

Now they need governments to place bigger orders


Erdogan arrests the candidate who could beat him

Turkey’s president fears to run against Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul’s mayor

Putin woos Trump with a partial ceasefire and big geopolitical deal

Russia wants to talk to America over the heads of Ukraine and other European countries