Europe | Fragile, handle with care
Italy is drifting back to its old fragmented politics
Populists fail in local elections, but the main trend is towards stagnation
|ROME
IN CONTRAST to France, where the political system has been upended by the overwhelming victories of Emmanuel Macron and his new party, voters in Italy on June 11th opted mostly for the devils they know.
Ukraine confronts a future without America, and perhaps Zelensky
Some fear a hero is in danger of becoming a tragic figure
A disaster in the White House for Volodymyr Zelensky—and for Ukraine
J.D. Vance set a trap for the Ukrainian president, who declined to flatter Donald Trump
One of the world’s longest conflicts may be ending
The leader of Turkey’s Kurdish rebels calls on his group to disband
Swedish businesses are being bombed
Young teens are making a quick buck off a big bang
Europe will need to pull all the levers to up its defence spending
How to get to 3.5%
John Parker, one of The Economist’s finest correspondents, was a polymath journalist
His death at the age of 70 comes during the sort of upheaval that he was exceptionally good at interpreting