Jon Henley

Jon Henley in Paris, Angela Giuffrida in Rome and Stephen Burgen in Barcelona

Vegetable and grain growers call for urgent action, warning of ‘catastrophic’ harvests due to continent-wide drought

Jon Henley Europe correspondent Legislation granting incurably ill adults the right to assisted dying has been formally adopted in France

An AfD win in ​next month’s state election in Saxony-Anhalt would shatter a decades-long political consensus and reverberate throughout the EU

Jon Henley In just over two weeks' time, Saxony-Anhalt – home to historic timber-framed houses, the dramatic Harz mountains and the birthplace

Poll also finds sizeable majorities who believe it should be easier to install air con in homes

Jon Henley Europe correspondent At least 35,000 more people died during Europe's four record-breaking, back-to-back heatwaves this summer

Figure only covers about half of continent and does not include August totals

Jon Henley The climate crisis means “we're going to have to change everything – the way we live, the way we produce, the way we trade,” France's

The climate crisis means “we're going to have to change everything – the way we live, the way we produce, the way we trade”, France's veteran radical-left firebrand, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, told the summer congress of his France Insoumise party last weekend. The term “climate change”, said Mélenchon – the most likely rival to Marine Le Pen in next year's presidential run-off, according to one poll this week – may sound “almost reassuring”, but its actual impact will feel like “landing ...