Europe | Another nail-biter
Poland’s presidential election leaves the country exhausted
The liberal and conservative candidates offered very different visions

|WARSAW|5 min read
Editor’s note: In the early hours of June 2nd Poland’s electoral commission said that Karol Nawrocki won the run-off with 50.9% of the vote

Ukraine’s political infighting gets nasty
As Trump starves it of arms, there is turmoil inside the government

Turkey’s strongman is becoming Donald Trump’s point man
But renewed war with Iran would put the honeymoon with Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the test

Germany’s Bundestag bars AfD MPs from its football team
Could the sporting ban precede a political one?
An infestation of ticks menaces Istanbul
And mosquitos are a growing problem too
The sleeping policeman at the heart of Europe
Enforcement of EU law has become an afterthought
A pragmatic amnesty for separatists benefits Catalonia
But it carries costs for the rule of law