Clea Caulcutt    Boualem Sansal, a vocal critic of the Algerian regime, was thrown behind bars last year on charges of undermining national unity.

Victor Goury-Laffont    France and Algeria have experienced strained relations for over a year, amid a dispute with significant domestic repercussions.

Clea Caulcutt, Nicolas Barré    Sansal’s supporters say Algeria is using him as a geopolitical pawn.

Clea Caulcutt, Nicolas Barré    Writer Boualem Sansal has been in and out of hospital since he was locked up last November.

Victor Goury-Laffont    The French president made clear that foreign policy was still under his remit.

Victor Goury-Laffont    The French government is contemplating limiting the number of visas granted to Algerian citizens.

Victor Goury-Laffont    How the government responds to Saturday’s tragedy will have domestic and geopolitical ramifications.

Max Griera    Officials violently forced MEPs back onto their aircraft after declaring them persona non grata, the would-be visitors said.

Marion Solletty, Clea Caulcutt    Several online activists have been arrested over the past few weeks for inciting violence. Some have TikTok accounts with more than 400,000 followers.

Clea Caulcutt, Élisa Bertholomey    Emmanuel Bonne wants to leave amid a heated rivalry and significant policy disputes.

Clea Caulcutt    Algerian social media personalities calling for violence in France have exacerbated the already fraught relationship between Paris and Algiers.

Victor Goury-Laffont    The president said Paris’ support for plans for an autonomous region under Moroccan control is clear and unwavering.

Antonia Zimmermann, Jordyn Dahl    As Brussels gets tougher on Chinese imports, Beijing is diversifying its strategies to maintain access to key markets.

Tim Ross, Annabelle Dickson, Clea Caulcutt, Myah Ward, Joseph Spector, Matthew Karnitschnig, Hannah Roberts, Pieter Haeck, Shawn Pogatchnik, Zi-Ann Lum, Aitor Hernández-Morales, Nektaria Stamouli    Rising voter concerns over migration are a threat to ruling parties ahead of elections in the US, UK, and EU next year.

Eddy Wax, Gian Volpicelli, Elisa Braun    Suspects allegedly interfered with EU Sakharov Prize nominations to help foreign governments, leaked police files suggest.

Eddy Wax, Elisa Braun, Gian Volpicelli    Belgian police place Maria Arena at the heart of the corruption ring in the European Parliament but have not questioned her.

Elisa Braun, Barbara Moens    Don’t call it Qatargate. Rabat’s been here for years.

Clea Caulcutt    An official visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Morocco has been postponed several times.

Camille Gijs, Eddy Wax    Maria Arena and Alessandra Moretti are mentioned in arrest warrant for another MEP, Andrea Cozzolino.

Sarah-Taïssir Bencharif    Attention focuses on Rabat in snowballing corruption probe.

Joshua Posaner    The EU wants to wean itself off fossil fuels from Russia. The other options aren’t great.

Cristina Gallardo    After winning a NATO pledge to monitor the situation, José Manuel Albares tells POLITICO Spain is returning its sights to the intractable EU...

Guy Hedgecoe    Policy change by Madrid has unleashed a fierce domestic backlash as well as an angry response from gas-rich Algeria.

Marina Adami    No one can blackmail the European Union,’ Schinas told Spanish radio after thousands of migrants reached Ceuta, a Spanish enclave.

Cristina Gallardo    Thousands of people, including children, swam from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

Jacopo Barigazzi    Trump said Washington would recognize Rabat’s claim of sovereignty as part of a deal to normalize relations between Israel and Morocco.

Kait Bolongaro    It seeks EU recognition of its claim to Western Sahara. Experts say this could set a precedent for other contested regions.

Mohammed Sidati    Europe’s highest court has ruled that the occupation of Western Sahara is illegal.

Paul Dallison    2013 was the year in which the eurozone crisis was no longer the dominant theme - although, as Cypriots can attest, the single currency was far from...

Dave Keating    Support for restrictions on deep-sea fishing.

Dave Keating    Controversial fishing agreement with Morocco agreed despite its inclusion of disputed Western Sahara.