‘Shameful’ Nicolas Sarkozy under fire for defending Putin
Former French president criticises EU and US support for Ukraine in his latest memoirs
March 2023
‘A spirit of goodwill’: Michel Barnier praises Northern Ireland Brexit plan
Rishi Sunak’s attitude ‘much more responsible’ than that of Boris Johnson, says former EU negotiator
February 2023
Trade down, economy sinking, support falling: is the tide finally turning on Brexit?
Three years on, Bregret hits home in Britain. For the EU, though, life has moved on
January 2023
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
No 10 warns public of ‘significant disruption’ tomorrow because of mass strikes – as it happened
Lecturers and university staff will walk out on Wednesday as teachers and train drivers also take action; ambulance staff to stage further strikes
November 2022
Ireland’s Call: Navigating Brexit by Stephen Collins review – how Dublin got Brussels on side
Though a forensic study of the Brexit negotiations from an Irish perspective might sound dry, it is anything but
July 2022
Johnson exit greeted by Dublin and Brussels as reason for hope
Ireland urges change of tack on Northern Ireland protocol, and EU’s Michel Barnier calls for ‘more constructive’ relations
December 2021
‘The right is back’: Gaullists pick female candidate Valérie Pécresse to take on Macron
Former minister is surprise winner of Les Républicains’ nomination, beating high-profile names such as Michel Barnier
November 2021
Michel Barnier in French election spotlight as lurch to right pays off
Mild-mannered former centrist has become a surprise favourite to win Les Républicains’ nomination
October 2021
Macron and the ‘French Trump’ trap Gaullism’s heirs in a political vice
With just months to go before presidential polls, the centre-right Les Républicains, under pressure from both flanks, are scrambling for a suitable candidate
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Brexit: DUP says EU plans for NI protocol ‘long way short of being basis of sustainable solution’ – as it happened
DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson welcomes acknowledgement that ‘NI protocol has not worked’ but says new proposals still fall short
France calls on UK to ‘pay what it owes’ for policing Channel
Bold, haughty, hyper: will Macron throw it all away as France fights for its future?
Simon Tisdall
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer Photography
September 2021
Michel Barnier: why is the EU’s former Brexit chief negotiator sounding like a Eurosceptic?
Book of the day
My Secret Brexit Diary by Michel Barnier review – a British roasting
August 2021
Michel Barnier joins long list of leaders vying to unite French centre-right
Michel Barnier to run in French presidential election
May 2021
On immigration, Michel Barnier has joined the race to the bottom
Kenan Malik
The former EU Brexit negotiator joins many other European politicians with his rhetoric
William Keegan's in my view
Relegation’s too good for Boris Johnson and his team of Brexit fantasists
William Keegan
England’s football clubs may be of Champions League quality, but the current political debacle reveals our politicians are not
