The week that was: ‘the measure of a man is what he does with power'

The president's plan upends the constitution, which is far more dangerous for our democracy than any caravan heading for the border.

The Good Friday Agreement is fast becoming a casualty of a flawed Brexit strategy and government failure to honour a UN-back bilateral treaty. And the people of Northern Ireland are the ones suffering because of it.

When it comes to the technical elements, fans of Cameron are going to get their money’s worth. It’s just too bad the plot isn’t worthy of the innovation.

The European Parliament agreed a resolution condemning the detention and torture of women activists in Saudi Arabia. Now is the time for action. The world should not turn its back on wrongfully imprisoned women like Eman Al Nafjan.

Spanish democracy took root following turbulent times. It is this belief in freedom and the rule of law that ensures all Spanish citizens get a fair trial, including pro-independence leaders from Catalonia.

A reappearance of a border between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom is causing great concern for all parties involved. The EU could prevent this situation by conferring Ireland a special status.

Our weekly round-up of all the opinions driving debate across Europe and beyond over the last seven days.

Otto Warmbier and the millions of other victims of North Korea’s brutal leadership deserve justice and an end to these unparalleled atrocities.

We trusted internet platforms to be benign. We reacted too slowly to warning signs. But if we want to preserve agency over our lives, we have to act now.

The decline of EU values in individual member states has, sadly, demonstrated the failure of the European Commission to fulfill its most important task – to serve as ‘Guardian of the Treaties.’

As long as Trump remains popular within his base I don’t know if we’re going to see a lot of profiles in courage in the Republican Party.

When a ceasefire in Hodeida came into force in December last year, there was hope for people living through the nightmare of Yemen's civil war. But hope has been short-lived as stray bullets and starvation continue to claim lives.

China is not just playing catch-up with the West [...]. It is planning to leap over Western economies and seize nothing less than global AI dominance. China is developing a sophisticated national AI strategy and it is allocating massive government funding to capture global market share in AI.