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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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.
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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United on Ukraine, Nato powers now see the world from Warsaw’s point of view
Vladimir Putin’s war is transforming an array of old arguments among the Western allies – over Russia and Turkey, arms…
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Why Thomas Piketty is optimistic about the left’s future
The French economist on his new book, the living standards crisis and why the “historical movement towards equality” will continue.
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As a new Iron Curtain descends, Europe is already irreversibly changed
Short of an overthrow of Putin, we will be very far indeed from the post-Cold War vision of “Europe whole…
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Europe enters a brave new world
The war in Ukraine has marked a turning point for the EU, and Emmanuel Macron is leading the way.
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Valiant Ukrainians put much of Europe to shame
To watch a whole nation mobilise in defence of its freedoms has been a moving and humbling experience.
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Ukraine, Europe and the end of peace
Europeans no longer view war as unthinkable or themselves as spectators in a possible conflict.
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As tensions with Russia build, Emmanuel Macron highlights splits within Nato
The French president’s call for direct dialogue with Russia has highlighted disagreements on how to engage Moscow.
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