France's new prime minister represents a tilt towards the left, but the president still seems determined to occupy the middle ground.
Category: Party matters
A new Popular Front?
France's notoriously fractious left-of-centre parties have found a new unity to contest the legislative election, but there are some disturbing implications.
France readies for the third round
France re-elects its centrist president with a comfortable majority, but still has to decide how much legislative power to entrust him with.
The friends of Mr Putin
Peace in Ukraine may depend on Vladimir Putin's friends telling him to back down. It turns out, however, that he doesn't have a lot of friends left.
Malta goes early again
The EU's smallest member will go to the polls next month, with its Labour prime minister set to win his party a third term in office.
Republicans divided
Donald Trump's assaults on truth are sometimes so brazen that they provoke resistance within the Republican Party. A battle for control cannot be postponed indefinitely.
France, two months out
France begins voting for president in two months time, with the still-undeclared incumbent looking in a strong position.
More trouble on the German right
As its support declines, Germany's far-right party loses its last advocate of a (relatively) moderate approach.
Redistribution in the US
The United States continues with the complex process of redrawing electoral boundaries, with results that so far seem to not quite match expectations.
Three European presidents
Italy's presidential election begins today, with no clear front-runner so far. But Germany and the European parliament have both arrived at a consensus.
The World is Not Enough 