Christianity is not the answer to Europe’s problems
In Thoughts After Lambeth, T.S. Eliot wrote:
‘The World is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but [...]
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European anti-Americanism should be taken with a pinch of salt
Anti-Americanism is always with us. Yet it is a strange paradox that this ugly phenomenon is worse among allies than among [...]
‘Inside Europe: 10 Years of Turmoil’ is entertaining, but hugely limited
In 1991, Norma Percy made the first of her distinctive TV series, The Second Russian Revolution. It established an extremely [...]
Macron and Merkel are recreating Fortress Europe
The battle lines are being drawn across Europe in the battle for the soul of the West. Not by the British, but by our French [...]
A fourth Conservative Prime Minister has now been destroyed by Europe. What next for Brexit?
Theresa May has been dealt the heaviest blow that any prime minister has suffered in history — without being forced to [...]
Pope Francis has waded in to European politics
Since 1945, successive popes have plunged headlong into European politics with denunciations of populist communist parties in [...]
Da Vinci’s quincentenary commemorations prove Europe is in disarray
It would be hard to think of a better symbol of European civilisation than Leonardo da Vinci. The original Renaissance man [...]
Angela Merkel’s successor really matters: for Germany, Europe and the West
It’s a good time for Europe’s enemies to get away with skulduggery where nobody is looking — impounding Ukrainian ships in [...]
Wagner’s Ring and the European Union have a lot in common
In 1848, the European year of revolutions, Wagner began what became his great Ring cycle, revived this season by the Royal [...]
Russia, NATO and Europe’s looming arms race
The ongoing torturous negotiations over Brexit have exposed a number of important myths. Among these is the preoccupation [...]
How has the EU become a diplomatic bystander?
While the Brexit process winds its serpentine way towards some kind of resolution, the rest of the world is moving on. This [...]
When the saints come marching in
Only the most heartless need reminding to make a gesture to their loved one today — even if it is only a kiss. But how many [...]
The EU isn’t “the least bad option”. It is the institution which holds together liberal Western democracy.
The other day, a Liberal Democrat leaflet was posted through my letterbox. Skim-reading, one line struck me: “We believe that [...]
Under Thatcher, Britain rejected the politics of envy. And under May?
The British are less envious than the French, Germans or even Americans, according to a new survey. They are more relaxed [...]
Sowing discord among the enemy is a dangerous game. As Donald Tusk may well learn.
In 1924, a young French army officer published a book entitled La discorde chez l’ennemi (“discord among the enemy”). He had [...]
Donald Tusk and Donald Trump have both divided the people. Which of them has got it right?
This week has been the story of the Two Donalds. In Dublin, Donald Tusk declared that there was a “special place in Hell” for [...]
German correspondents aren’t reporting the story of Brexit. They’re churning out Merkel propaganda
So Angela Merkel has given Theresa May an ultimatum: we have ways of making you back down. The German Chancellor will “go to [...]
Varadkar deserves everything coming to him if there’s a no deal Brexit
If the UK leaves the European Union without a deal, the chief architects of that outcome will be Theresa May, Michel Barnier [...]
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