French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy decries Brexit, claiming it is the victory of fusty England over an England open to the world and fully in touch with its glorious past.

Spanish government bonds jumped, pushing the yield down by the most in two years after acting prime minister Mariano Rajoy defied opinion polls to consolidate his position in the country’s general election after Brexit rocked the world’s financial markets last week.

It’s easy to get cynical about those Parisian all-nighters with their high ideals and revolutionary slogans but maybe, just maybe, it’s time to think about setting up a nocturnal movement here, writes Clodagh Finn

A majority of Spaniards would favour a coalition government led by the Socialist party and market-friendly newcomer Ciudadanos, according to a poll published by El País yesterday as Spain’s political deadlock continues.

Because of increasing inequality, Europeans are voting for radical alternatives to mainstream parties, but integration is not to blame. Policy errors are the culprit, says Jean Pisani-Ferry

The leader of Spain’s opposition Socialists has said that he will not support any effort by the acting prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, to stay in his post via a coalition or a minority government.

The leader of Spain’s opposition Socialists has said he will not support any effort by acting PM Mariano Rajoy to stay in his post via a coalition or minority government.

Spain’s major parties, taking stock after the most fragmented national election result in the country’s history, have embarked on potentially long and arduous talks to form a coalition government.

ITALY:  Pope Francis slipped out of the Vatican to make a surprise visit to a Rome optician’s shop to get a new pair of glasses, insisting that his old frames be reused and that he would pay for them.

The existence or otherwise of the IRA is a real issue, despite what the Shinners might claim and Gerry Adams’ best efforts to blame ‘cynical’ political opponents, says Michael Clifford

Alexis Tsipras’s decision to resort to democracy by referendum saw him leaning to the ‘laos’ of the mob and promoting the worst version of Greek politics, writes Bernard-Henri Lévy.

Mohamed A El-Erian warns that the Greek crisis, the conflict in Ukraine, and the rise of populist political parties threaten to converge into a devastating gale bearing considerable consequences for Europe

A row has broken out between the Right2Water campaign and supporters of the Non Payment Network over who will lead a new ‘left’ political party.

To anyone who doubted his re-election strategy, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has had a simple answer: “Trust me”. 

Support for the hard left and hard right is receding across Europe, as voters and political parties inch back towards the centre, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

A broad-based recovery built on strong exports and improving domestic demand will see unemployment fall to around 9% this year.

The exodus of Irish government ministers overseas for St Patrick’s Day has attracted the usual criticism from expected quarters.

Hundreds of thousands of people marched through Madrid today in a show of strength by a fledgling radical leftist party, which hopes to emulate the success of Greece’s Syriza party in the Spanish general election later this year.

European markets held firm today as investors digested the success of anti-austerity party Syriza in Greek elections last night.

THIS week’s better-late-than-never announcement of a programme of quantitative easing by the ECB was a huge moment in the European integration project and the — so far — ineffective efforts to reinvigorate stalling economies, but tomorrow’s election in Greece may be even more significant.

A modern-day Marshall Plan supported by national leaders that included debt write-off, public investment, and trade would give all of the EU its best chance of recovery, writes Bill Emmott

THE eurozone is like an elderly relative who takes suffers “turns” from time to time, and is rather poorly as a result, but somehow lives on to celebrate another Christmas.

The impact of the economic crisis has seen an increase in popularity for the more radical political parties, but how will the EU cope if they win power and how will the markets react?

A national government will never happen or not till it’s too late because it would break the fundamental rule of politics: do not deal with a crisis until the water is sloshing around the kitchen floor.