Europe

EU automobile firms are struggling to adjust to Chinese competition and the green transition

Two leading opposition figures are facing corruption charges ahead of next year’s elections

Azerbaijan is hosting this year’s COP29; its president has opened with an attack on foreign governments

Italy’s policy of processing migrants in Albania has suffered a second major setback

The euro-area enters next year against a backdrop of a tighter fiscal environment and heightened trade uncertainty

The victorious Social Democrats signed a coalition agreement with a right-wing party

Germany is expected to hold its next federal elections in February, following the government’s collapse

The countries of the South Caucasus are exploiting new opportunities to seek closer relations with other powers