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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.

​Sign up to Europe Express, the FT's premium newsletter on European affairs, to receive every other Saturday Ben's digest of one consequential issue impacting the continent, packed with data analysis and deep research.

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  • Saturday, 10 January, 2026
    Europe Express
    How can Europe prevent a Greenland grab?

    Without hard power, EU and Nato governments have limited options in heading off Trump’s territorial ambitions

    Premium content
    An illustration showing a map of Greenland overlaid with the design of the United States flag.
  • Monday, 5 January, 2026
    Maritime accidents and safety
    Baltic countries on alert after series of suspicious undersea cable outages

    Six incidents in six days follow a year without any reports of damage to underwater infrastructure

    A Finnish Border Guard helicopter lands on the cargo ship Fitburg as a Finnish coast guard patrol ship approaches during the vessel’s seizure in the Gulf of Finland last week.
  • Monday, 29 December, 2025
    Instant InsightWar in Ukraine
    Ukraine and the battle for Trump’s mind

    Talks about ending the war are really about securing US punishment of the other side

    Donald Trump stands at a podium with a serious expression next to Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a press conference.
  • Friday, 19 December, 2025
    Instant InsightWar in Ukraine
    Europe shows its commitment to Ukraine — but not unequivocally

    When it came to using frozen Russian assets as leverage, the EU blinked

    Volodymyr Zelenskyy sits in front of a blurred Ukrainian flag, looking forward during his visit to The Hague.
  • Monday, 15 December, 2025
    Cyber warfare
    German parliament suffers suspected cyber attack during Zelenskyy’s visit

    MPs said four-hour email outage started as Ukrainian president entered the Bundestag

    Julia Klöckner, right, shakes hands with Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Bundestag, with security personnel nearby.
  • Monday, 15 December, 2025
    Drones
    Ukrainian start-up to make drones in Germany in new export drive

    Partnership between Frontline and Germany’s Quantum Systems aims to boost production and open new markets

    A Ukrainian soldier in camouflage uniform and helmet loads ammunition onto a large drone during field training.
  • Saturday, 13 December, 2025
    Europe Express
    Transatlantic rupture

    Relations between the US and Europe crumple further over Trump’s national security strategy and pressure on Ukraine

    Premium content
    US President Donald Trump, his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Alexander Stubb, Nato director-general Mark Rutte, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stand together for a group photo during Ukraine war negotiations.
  • Saturday, 13 December, 2025
    War in Ukraine
    EU freezes Russian assets ahead of pivotal Ukraine talks

    Kyiv and European allies seek to strengthen their hand as Washington-led peace talks reach critical phase

    Vladimir Putin sits at a table with a sign reading "Russian Federation" during an international forum, with colorful flags in the background.
  • Monday, 8 December, 2025
    War in Ukraine
    Zelenskyy says European allies close to finalising revised US peace plan

    Ukraine’s president says progress made on security guarantees after London meeting but ceding territory remains an obstacle

    Keir Starmer, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Friedrich Merz, and Emmanuel Macron sit together in front of their national flags at 10 Downing Street.
  • Friday, 5 December, 2025
    US foreign policy
    US national security strategy calls for ‘cultivating resistance’ in Europe

    Policy document blasts traditional allies while failing to criticise Russia

    JD Vance speaks at a podium during the Munich Security Conference, gesturing with his right hand.
  • Tuesday, 2 December, 2025
    War in Ukraine
    Putin accuses Europeans of sabotaging Ukraine peace push

    Russian president hosts Witkoff and Kushner for negotiations as military claims battlefield advances in Donetsk

    Vladimir Putin, Kirill Dmitriev, Yuri Ushakov, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner seated around a large oval table during a meeting at the Kremlin.
  • Monday, 1 December, 2025
    Who killed Europe’s single market dream?
    How Europe let its grand market project wither

    A decades-long effort to tear down internal trade barriers has stalled, leaving the EU economy ‘tagging along behind’

    Montage images of Jacques Delors, Ursula von der Leyen and Mario Draghi on a black background with the stars on the flag of Europe
  • Monday, 1 December, 2025
    FT News Briefing podcast13 min listen
    Key week for Russia-Ukraine peace talks

    Weekend dialogue between US and Ukraine could open pivotal week of diplomacy to end the war

  • Saturday, 29 November, 2025
    Europe Express
    A Thanksgiving Turkey of a peace plan

    Trump’s attempt to bully Kyiv met resistance from Ukraine and its allies in Geneva — but Europe can’t claim a success either

    Premium content
    Donald Trump speaks while Volodymyr Zelenskyy smiles and looks at him, with a Ukrainian flag in the background.
  • Tuesday, 25 November, 2025
    News in-depthEU defence
    Europeans scramble to protect their own security after jolt of Ukraine plan

    Elements of US peace proposal would give Russia sway over continent’s defence arrangements

    Ursula von der Leyen; Putin; Nato logo; Nato exercise in Poland, background
  • Sunday, 23 November, 2025
    News in-depthFT Explains
    US peace plan: what could Ukraine compromise on?

    Turning the document into something acceptable for Kyiv and its European allies will be a mammoth diplomatic undertaking

    A Ukrainian serviceman walks alone on a deserted street lined with damaged buildings and debris in Kostyantynivka
  • Friday, 21 November, 2025
    War in Ukraine
    US president’s grab for Russian frozen assets puts EU Ukraine loan in doubt

    Brussels blindsided by US plan for joint investment funds with Moscow and Kyiv

    A Ukrainian firefighter sprays water on burning, damaged vehicles amid heavy smoke and fire following a Russian strike in Kharkiv.
  • Friday, 21 November, 2025
    War in Ukraine
    Annotated: the full text of Trump’s 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan

    Draft agreement has shocked Europe and is unlikely to satisfy Kyiv or Moscow

    Montage of Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a document with highlighted words and phrases
  • Wednesday, 19 November, 2025
    InterviewBelarus
    Belarus trying to ‘fool’ Trump into normalising ties, says opposition leader

    Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya says Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will not break with Moscow

    Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya poses with arms crossed
  • Saturday, 15 November, 2025
    Europe Express
    Germany risks squandering a golden opportunity

    Chancellor’s plans for investment and reform may be more of a short-term boost than a fix to underlying problems

    Premium content
    Friedrich Merz gestures while speaking at a podium, with the Reichstag dome visible in the background.
  • Saturday, 1 November, 2025
    Europe Express
    Dutch centrists come roaring back but far right remains strong

    Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders is down but not out after liberal gains in elections

    Premium content
    Geert Wilders speaks to a crowd of journalists holding microphones and cameras outside the PVV faction room.
  • Saturday, 18 October, 2025
    Europe Express
    Europe slowly awakens to its entry into US-China wars

    Dutch seizure of a Chinese-owned chipmaker show EU’s balancing act between Washington and Beijing under strain

    Premium content
    A worker pours molten lanthanum into a mould at the Jinyuan Company smelting workshop, with glowing metal and industrial equipment visible.
  • Tuesday, 14 October, 2025
    Nexperia
    Dutch seizure of chipmaker followed US ultimatum over Chinese chief

    Takeover of Nexperia plunges Netherlands into US-China tech war

    Toni Hrkac, wearing a cleanroom suit, holds a box with wafers on a semiconductor production line at Nexperia
  • Friday, 10 October, 2025
    War in Ukraine
    Russia strikes disable 60% of Ukraine’s gas production ahead of winter

    Moscow’s intensified drone and missile campaign seeks ‘to break our spirit’, says head of state energy group

    Trucks and surrounding structures engulfed in flames and thick smoke at night following a drone attack in the Odesa region.
  • Sunday, 5 October, 2025
    Global InsightCzech Republic
    The political triumph of a rightwing billionaire Eurosceptic

    Andrej Babiš’s Czech election victory boosts central Europe’s disruptive potential, but he will struggle to shift EU policy

    Andrej Babiš stands in front of a large screen displaying his face before a televised debate ahead of Czech parliamentary elections.
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