Portugal's election on Sunday is expected to produce a triumph for the centre-left – rather an untypical thing in Europe these days.
Author: Charles Richardson
Brexit, always Brexit
Another week, another round of Brexit manoeuvring. Is the British government serious about a deal?
China, seventy years on
The Chinese Communist Party today celebrates 70 years of power as perhaps the most successful totalitarian movement of modern times.
Kurz’s choice in Austria
Austria's centre-right leader has done well enough in his country's election to have a free choice of coalition partners. Good news also for the Greens; less so for centre-left and far right.
Jacques Chirac’s greatest hits
A look through the Crikey archive at the career of former French president Jacques Chirac, who died last week.
Election preview: Austria
Austria's young centre-right leader looks set for a good result on Sunday, and should have some new options for forming government.
Brexit: the judges take a hand
Boris Johnson loses big at the supreme court. It's a radical decision, but one with a solid grounding in the peculiarities of British constitutional law.
Netanyahu’s last stand
Israel's second election for the year has failed to solve the problem thrown up by the last one, but it has put Benjamin Netanyahu more on the defensive.
First Israel, now Spain
Spain's politicians have failed to agree on a new government, sending their country back to the polls. Benjamin Netanyahu could tell them that that's a risky strategy.
More Brexit election numbers
Britain's divided House of Commons is unlikely to survive much longer, but a replacement may not end up making things any clearer.
The World is Not Enough 