Andy Burnham: I want to rejoin the EU
The Manchester mayor made some fairly concrete proposals for what he would do as prime minister
ByEuropean Union
Find here the New Statesman’s collection of articles offering deep insights into the European Union, including its policies, institutions, member states, and critical issues shaping the future of this influential supranational organization.
Nick Thomas-Symonds: Labour’s Brexit repair man
The EU relations minister on Keir Starmer’s determination to cling on, and the UK’s changing relationship to Europe
By
Through the unknown gate
How Britain’s long European trauma was forged in wartime Algeria.
By
Would embracing Rejoin save Labour?
London luvvies look away. Britain won’t be returning to the EU any time soon.
By
What John Swinney gets right about Scottish independence
Like Sinn Fein in Ireland, the SNP are pushing nationalism down the agenda.
By
Why is Boris Johnson so scared of Emmanuel Macron?
Brexiteers cannot get a lurid fantasy version of the French president out of their heads.
By
Will we ever be free of Brexit?
Fifty years after the first referendum, our relationship with Europe has twisted as much as it has changed.
By
Europe’s feeble shift on Gaza
A lack of consensus on Israel has paralysed the EU.
By
Can Labour take the credit for falling energy bills?
The EU can’t save us from high energy costs.
By
The brain behind Labour’s EU deal
With his talk of “ruthless pragmatism”, is Nick Thomas-Symonds the heir to Harold Wilson?
By
Why Kemi Badenoch’s Brexit attacks won’t work
The Conservatives are still haunted by their past failures on Europe.
By
The EU-UK reset exposes the limits of a “geopolitical Europe”
The common understanding agreement is as aspirational as it is skeletal.
By
Labour’s Europe deal is a trap for Brexiteers
The government believes its opponents are on the wrong side of voters and business.
By
The EU is not what you think it is
Remainer fantasies still have too much sway over the Labour Party.
By
The magical thinking behind European unity
The far right will always be an impediment to strategic autonomy.
By
The EU is becoming an engine of war
Building the union was never a “peace project”. But European hard power is now its leaders’ greatest priority.
By
Breaking the silence on Brexit
Keir Starmer is right to pursue a “reset” with the EU. But he risks pleasing no one.
By
The tide is starting to turn against Brexit
Interventions by Ed Davey and Kemi Badenoch show how the European question has been reopened.
By
Elon Musk has designs on the whole of Europe
The billionaire’s attacks on the UK are part of a pattern of support for the hard right across the continent.
By
France’s budget turmoil reveals an EU damaged by Brexit
During its membership, the UK exerted a disproportionately strong influence on EU legislation, often in subtle ways.
By