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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Macron bashed the Italian budget. Now the Italians are vindicated – and he has egg on his face.
The capitulation of the French President Emanuel Macron to the myriad demands of the Gilet Jeunes represents a serious [...]
May must put down her begging bowl and get tough with Brussels
After her Pyrrhic victory in the Tory confidence vote, Theresa May has given herself no time to reflect on what it means or [...]
Emmanuel Macron has a week to save his presidency
Emmanuel Macron flew back from Buenos Aires last weekend to find Paris in uproar. Today’s front page of The Times bears a [...]
Gunboat diplomacy in the Sea of Azov
The West has let its guard down, and Putin has struck
The EU is treating Italy badly. But the country’s problems go a lot deeper than that.
A long way to the south of the bright lights and high drama of the Brexit negotiations, another, equally serious problem has [...]
It’s not just UK politicians who are objecting to the Withdrawal Agreement
The draft Withdrawal Agreement between the UK and the EU has come in for a bit of a beating in the UK. Several ministers have [...]
The EU’s despicable behaviour towards Italy should remind us of the perils of being in the club
This week, the European Commission initiated an ‘excessive deficit procedure’ (EDP) against the Italian government, hitting [...]
How do ordinary Athenians remember the overthrow of the Greek Colonels?
Oliver Eagleton reports from Athens
Meanwhile, in the Czech Republic…
One might be forgiven, in light of the utter mess in Westminster, for thinking that the UK is in the most chaotic state of [...]
Merkel has finally taken responsibility for her party’s decline. She can’t cling on for much longer.
Our Editor, Daniel Johnson, looks back on Angela Merkel's 18 year tenure as chairman of the SDP and questions how long she [...]
Everyone seems to be missing this key point about the People’s Vote
The arrogant People's Vote marchers don't seem to have considered the possibility that the EU won't want us back
A People’s Vote is still very much on the cards
Brexit has descended into chaos. A second referendum may end up being the only way to get out of the mess.
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