Coronavirus crisis raises questions of globalisation, EU solidarity and what we want to pay for

Paris Letter: Quadruple commemorations for wartime leader on anniversary of 1940 speech

Briefing for visit of Crown Prince Abdullah also advised covering wine bottles with ‘veil’

Poised to take helm at ECB, French role model has talent for right place at right time

Germany’s defence minister set to be European Commission president, while France’s Lagarde will control EU’s economic direction

Political fragmentation and low turnout set to shape next European Parliament

To many Parisians, the 850-year-old landmark is simply the heart of their city

The media enjoys a very close, if not too close, relationship with politicians

The founding of the single currency was a landmark moment for the EU and has delivered big gains for businesses and consumers

Dinner at Dublin Castle for Mitterrand was an ‘exceptional’ occasion allowed to exceed the government limit on entertainment spending

Bush could claim to have been one of the most successful foreign-policy US presidents

French president to meet May, Merkel and Mali president during Alsace-Moselle events

Paris Letter: Sixty years ago, General Charles de Gaulle created the Fifth Republic

Film director most well known for ‘Shoah’ which he spent 12 years making

Unionists missed chance for positive change with Belfast-Derry motorway

Emmanuel Macron displays regal certainties just as Britain turns hesitantly inwards

World View: French leader’s bold initiative may drive the next phase of the EU

French president tells Israeli PM ‘anti-zionism is the reinvented form of anti-Semitism’

Former chancellor of Germany oversaw reunification and became ‘European patriot’

Germany’s late leader asked for a ‘European state ceremony’. Was he settling scores?