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There is no recorded instance of Lenin using the term “useful idiots” to describe the Soviet Union’s puppets in the west. The phrase became popular during the cold war as a corruption of the Serbo-Croat koristne budale, which means literally “useful innocent”. Either way, it is the perfect way to describe Tucker Carlson, who travelled to […]

Tory ministers have no interest in addressing this fundamental issue with our democracy

The prime minister could still apologise for the offence caused by his recent remarks in PMQs – but he won’t

Employees are quitting their jobs, of their own accord, at exceedingly high rates. Welcome to a new era of work.

The name is at risk of going extinct. On this decline, Philosopher NIGEL WARBURTON ponders why this is.

Dubbed "Mad Nad" by the Telegraph, her recent wrath at the BBC's Nick Robinson is one of many over the years.

Wishing the pandemic to be over – or claiming that Tories can’t catch the virus from one another – doesn’t make it true.

A disjointed Europe sending mixed messages to Beijing’s leadership has been left at a serious disadvantage.

As part of a China special report, The New European breaks down the country's vast and turbulent history.

For LIJIA ZHANG, learning English helped her broaden her horizons beyond the missile factory where she worked. The language is a vital way for the world to better understand her country, she says. Yet the Chinese authorities seem increasingly suspicious of it.

The deal threatens to flood the UK market with cheap lamb produce. In the words of Liz Truss herself, "that is a disgrace."

Britain needs strong and decent politicians to meet today's challenges. One reader hopes Anna Soubry reconsiders leaving politics.

The UK encouraged Afghan women to take up top judicial roles. Now they need, and deserve, our help, argues Baroness Kennedy.

João Vale de Almeida's lengthy recognition process, however, may signal that a diplomatic winter is imminent.

Among the great, good and not so good spluttering over David Frost’s Brexit speech in Lisbon, the most vociferous was Gavin Barwell, Theresa May’s former chief of staff.

We need to stop being told we aren't streetwise. Instead, there needs to be a sustainable method to keep women safe

As former president Nicola Sarkozy is sentenced to house arrest for illegal campaign financing, JOHN KAMPFNER wonders why French politics seems so susceptible to financial scandal.

Get your story straight, chaps. Either the public is infallible .. or they're not.

Can the rise in intolerance in Europe be attributed to dog-whistle politics, or is there more to it?

The New European is hiring for three key roles

NIGEL WARBURTON, one of the world’s most-read philosophers, on the 'Trolley Problem' and why life is more complex than the theory suggests.

Hlynur Steinsson, a ranger with Vatnajokull state park and university graduate student, uses a magnifying glass to examine a tiny plant growing on mostly barren and gravel-covered land left behind by the receding Breidamerkurjokull glacier near Hof, Iceland.

Fast-food chain KFC and German potato farmers face interruptions to normal service after a shortage of lorry drivers

Introducing a new weekly column by Nigel Warburton, one of the world’s most-read philosophers.

Since 2016, The New European's award-winning newspaper has been the torchbearer for pan-European comment and insight on how our continent can be a better place for all. Now we've got a website to match.

It was the show that began RICHARD LUCK’s love of cinema. Now he talks with host Alex Cox about BBC2’s Sunday night cult film strand Moviedrome

One party on its own can't save us from the Tories - it's time for a progressive alternative.