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Ben Hall

Europe Editor

Ben Hall is Europe editor of the FT, writing interviews, analysis and comment and managing the European network of correspondents. He has worked at the FT since 2000. He was previously world news editor, Europe news editor, Paris correspondent, UK political correspondent, deputy comment editor and a leader writer.
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  • Saturday, 14 September, 2024
    Europe Express
    Will Mario Draghi’s masterplan get the momentum it needs? Premium content

    The former Italian prime minister believes the bloc is facing an existential challenge

    Mario Draghi
  • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
    Europe Express
    Germans reel from an uncomfortable week politically and economically Premium content

    Good results for the far-right AfD in regional elections came as VW dealt a blow to manufacturing jobs

    Protesters in Weimar gathered on Monday to demonstrate against the rise of the far right in Germany
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    News in-depthFrench politics
    Michel Barnier lands to fix ‘ungovernable’ France

    With parliament bitterly divided, the new French premier faces a daunting challenge to find a working majority

    Emmanuel Macron and Michel Barnier
  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
    ExplainerWar in Ukraine
    Why Ukraine’s allies are divided over deep strikes into Russia

    UK has pressed US to back Kyiv’s use of Storm Shadow missiles on Russian territory

    FT montage of illustrations showing missiles and drones
  • Monday, 26 August, 2024
    Nuclear proliferation
    Global race for nuclear weapons at record high, warns UN

    Non-proliferation regime under greatest pressure since end of cold war, says Rafael Grossi

    Test fire of an intercontinental ballistic missile in North Korea
  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Ukraine is the victim in Germany’s botched budget debate

    Olaf Scholz’s decision to scale back military aid to Kyiv only encourages Russia

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast17 min listen
    Ukraine wrongfoots Russia in Kursk

    Outgunned and outmanned, Kyiv deploys asymmetric warfare strategy

  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    IAEA chief to visit Kursk nuclear plant due to Ukraine incursion

    Rafael Grossi says Russian power station is within artillery range of Ukrainian positions

    Reported strikes on crossings over the Seym river west of Kursk
  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Ukraine passes law to ban ‘pro-Kremlin’ orthodox church

    Kyiv has long argued that the Church of the Moscow Patriarchate is agent of Russian influence

    Metropolitan Onufriy, centre, arriving at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
    Global InsightWar in Ukraine
    Ukraine prepares for Trump trade with Russian land grab

    Kursk incursion could give Kyiv a bargaining chip, but at what cost?

    Volodymyr Zelenskyy
  • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
    Instant InsightFrench parliamentary election 2024
    France heads back to its postwar era of ungovernability

    Far right’s defeat in Sunday’s parliamentary elections could prove a temporary setback

    Marine Le Pen
  • Sunday, 30 June, 2024
    Instant InsightFrench parliamentary election 2024
    Macron’s reckless gamble leaves French voters with invidious choice

    Millions will have to opt between supporting the far right or a bloc dominated by the far left in parliamentary elections

    Marine Le Pen, leader of National Rally, arrives to vote at a polling station during the first round of legislative elections
  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    News in-depthEmmanuel Macron
    The dazzling rise and fall of Macronism

    Emmanuel Macron wanted to save France from the far right. It has never been closer to power

    Emmanuel Macron
  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
    Europe Express
    Will Meloni crash von der Leyen’s reappointment party? Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Jordan Bardella on relations with the EU

    Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in the lower house of parliament in Rome
  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    French politics
    French far-right leader Jordan Bardella vows ‘cultural battle’ and demands EU rebate

    Party chief ‘convinced’ Rassemblement National will secure an outright parliamentary majority in snap elections

    Jordan Bardella at the Rassembement National headquarters in Paris, France
  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    News in-depthFrench parliamentary election 2024
    France’s centrist politicians regain ‘freedom’ from Macron

    Edouard Philippe and other presidential hopefuls prepare for new political era

    Edouard Philippe and Macron
  • Sunday, 23 June, 2024
    French parliamentary election 2024
    French trust Marine Le Pen’s RN most on economy, FT poll suggests

    Macron’s Ensemble heads into last week of campaigning before first-round vote trailing far-right and leftwing rivals

    Montage of Macron and Le Pen in front of voting intention graphics
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    French parliamentary election 2024
    Macron’s alliance ticks up in polls ahead of snap vote

    Surveys suggest French centrists are gaining ground, but still behind far-right party and leftwing bloc

    Emmanuel Macron outside the Élysée Palace
  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    News in-depthFrench parliamentary election 2024
    The man with a mission to save Macron’s movement

    French PM Gabriel Attal is face of centrist campaign in upcoming snap elections triggered by president

    Gabriel Attal and Emmanuel Macron
  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    ExplainerFrench parliamentary election 2024
    What would a far-right or leftwing government mean for France’s economy?

    Both political forces have lavish spending plans that are spooking investors

    Montage featuring Manon Aubry, Valérie Rabault, Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen, Jordan Bardella
  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Europe Express
    How the French left could derail Macron’s election gamble Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Russia is earning billions through LNG transshipments in Europe

    Olivier Faure
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    French economy
    Brussels to chide France over deficit as spending clash looms

    EU officials fear bigger battle with Paris on budget rules if far right or left take power after election

    French President Emmanuel Macron
  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    News in-depthFrench parliamentary election 2024
    Jean-Luc Mélenchon: the French left’s divisive standard-bearer

    Leader has purged senior colleagues even as leftwing parties try to build a united front for parliamentary elections

    Mélenchon points during a speech
  • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
    French politics
    French leftists move to shore up alliance ahead of snap elections

    Far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon says he will not insist on premiership if grouping wins most seats

    Jean-Luc Mélenchon
  • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
    French politics
    France’s new leftwing bloc begins to crack ahead of snap elections

    New Popular Front rocked by purge after being formed this week in threat to Emmanuel Macron

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