By all indications, the country’s citizens have been some of Europe’s most compliant in observing lockdown.
Cynics suggest his leadership rivals stoked up this ‘crisis’ – if so, they (and outraged Labour MPs) might find their approach is backfiring.
We need to be alive to adding to the impression that the fixing of a social harm can wait a few months while we find a way to replace lost revenue.
The immediate effect of the election will be a period of fraught negotiation, but it might not be a bad change in the long-term.
Of the 66 million people globally who have been forcibly displaced, approximately 40.3 million are displaced within their own countries.
The German Chancellor faces a rebellion from her Bavarian allies on the question of immigration – and is pleading for more time before the EU summit.
Merkel has appalled her own followers by making sweeping concessions to the Social Democrats.
The EU bureaucracy, with its supranational claims, is a godsend to him. But he is more pragmatic than he looks. He does not want a Hungary without allies.
We are not just helping them – we are empowering them to help themselves. That transforms individual lives and helps the region to stabilise.
The German consensus which placed no significant party to the right of the CDU, thus bolstering it as a governing force, is breaking down.
Women in particular suffer from being dependent on their husbands or children to translate for them.
I left feeling proud that as a UK taxpayer my money is being put to such good use, but we mustn’t pat ourselves on the back just yet. Our work is not done.
I believe that a discussion about values could be key to addressing much of the unhappiness which triggered the referendum result.
An open letter to Penny Mordaunt, the Secretary of State for International Development.