Can the EU’s crypto regulation tame a lawless market?
The Mica act will hold providers liable if they lose investors’ money and force them to keep reserves.
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Germany’s economic model has run out of road
With rising raw material costs and a shrinking export market, Germany needs to break with its post-reunification status quo –…
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Is this the end of the Ukrainian moment?
European unity, strong in the first weeks of Russia’s war in Ukraine, will need reinforcement if it’s to be sustained.
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Get Brexit Done, says the EU
Maroš Šefčovič, the bloc’s chief negotiator, said that the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill would put talks back two years.
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The second coming of Nato
The alliance has been revived – but it can’t save the West.
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Brexit’s critics have been vindicated – but there are no easy answers
While the best solution to the UK’s woes is to rejoin, neither the British public nor the EU is ready…
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First revolution, then war: Ukraine’s long fight for a European future
As Ukraine seeks to join the EU, an activist’s death symbolises his country’s struggle to leave Russia’s orbit.
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The UK economy has fallen far behind the EU since Brexit
Britain’s GDP per head has grown just 3.8 per cent since the referendum, while the EU’s has grown by 8.5…
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Leader: A conspiracy of silence over Brexit
The Tories boast that Brexit is done, but only now are the consequences of No 10’s “oven-ready deal” becoming clear.
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EU membership for Ukraine will take years – but Kyiv needs weapons now
Promises of eventual membership provide some of the political disadvantages associated with joining but none of the advantages.
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Could a new debt crisis split the eurozone?
Fears that Italy will struggle to repay lenders are troubling central bankers, caught between prudent countries and big spenders.
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Why did Christopher Geidt dither over his resignation?
The Prime Minister’s former ethics adviser decided to quit his role not over partygate, but rather obscure steel tariffs.
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Europeans were united in support of Ukraine, but that consensus is fraying
Polling reveals an EU public divided between and within countries on what outcome to push towards.
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EU’s generosity to Ukrainian refugees should be a model for asylum
Europe’s response to the Ukraine crisis shows up the double standard applied to black and brown asylum seekers.
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Is Macron’s “multispeed Europe” the future of the EU?
The French president has proposed an inner core of heavily integrated EU states, with a looser grouping that includes all…
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Risk of a direct clash between Russia and the West is rising
The longer the fighting goes on, the more likelihood there is of a wider war – and both sides are…
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If Ukraine has a future, it’s with the EU
Only the European Union can help Ukraine find its place in a dangerous world. But is it up to the…
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Le Pen’s popularity proves the EU is no liberal paradise
In the UK, no far-right party would win anything like 41 per cent of the vote.
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The EU is still paying Russia hundreds of millions of euros a day for gas
Europe has imported up to €18bn of gas from Russia since the war in Ukraine started.
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The EU now has to get tough on illiberal Orbán
Now is the time to force Hungary’s prime minister to desist from his cynical exploitation of European goodwill.
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