As Europeans navigate a crippling debt crisis, the Left is resurgent. But left-of-centre leaders have yet to present credible plans for easing austerity and spurring growth.
Europe
Netherlands
The Dutch shunned right-wing populism and voted to keep Mark Rutte's conservative-liberal VVD in power. But the new government may yet shift from the German focus on austerity to the French emphasis on growth.
Gay marriage
Europe prides itself on open borders, a single market and social tolerance. But legal differences are causing problems for those who move for work, love or just vacation
Analysis / Paula Subacchi
Italy’s political exceptionalism – its inability to marshal coherent governments backed by stable parliamentary majorities – is weakening Europe and threatening the eurozone.
Spain in turmoil
A grass-roots movement that took over Spain’s most emblematic square says its fight to change the political and economic system is just beginning.
