The EU is lurching to the right – that’s bad news for the green transition
Populist and nationalist parties are sweeping elections on the continent, threatening measures in the Green Deal.
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Brexit is not as secure as it appears
Voters have concluded that leaving the EU was a mistake because all the government can offer is damage limitation.
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How to stop the far right in Europe
The rise of anti-migrant populism is a metric for the EU’s policy failures. Address these, and it can be reversed.
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Can Europe defend itself in a hostile world?
A Trump victory in November would expose the EU’s fatal gaps in defence spending.
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The end of the Brexit delusions
On 31 January 2020, the United Kingdom left the EU – but four years later, Brexit is still a slogan…
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The West’s rivals everywhere are exploiting its vulnerabilities
From Africa to Latin America, competing power blocs are gaining from liberal democracies’ stalled growth and lack of focus.
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A European fiscal union is a vanishing dream
In 25 years of the euro, the single currency has brought division rather than unity to the EU.
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Tusk is back
After eight years, Poland gets a new government. But Brussels shouldn’t celebrate yet.
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Amid multiple crises, EU leaders cling to a misplaced optimism
Economic turmoil is on the horizon – the scariest of all outcomes for Europe would be a Trump victory.
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PMQs today: Rishi Sunak panics as he brands the EU the enemy
Sunak’s suggestion that Keir Starmer was “backing an EU country over Britain” by meeting the Greek Prime Minister was astonishingly…
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Spain’s amnesty for Catalan separatists is a dilemma for the EU
“Rule-of-law fanboys” at the European Commission are reeling from the impact it could have in other parts of Europe.
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The Research Brief: trading insults over UK-EU relations
Your weekly dose of policy thinking.
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A row over steel exposes the contradictions in net zero
US-EU trade talks in Brussels show continued tensions over the new era of protectionism and state aid.
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Europe has made itself vulnerable by outsourcing its security
The continent is paying countries on its fringes, democratic and otherwise, to shield its core from all the chaos.
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The EU is the “illusory giant” of geopolitics
Despite its wealth and ambition, the European Union is limited as an actor in the great conflicts of our time.
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Europe’s east-west divide is widening
Relations between Germany and Poland define the continent. But, ahead of the latter’s election this weekend, they are in crisis…
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Britain’s eternal decline
Debate on Britain’s place in the world has flared through war, imperial upheaval and Thatcherism. Brexit reignited it.
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Will Remainers ever stop being cringe?
Sweet-natured pro-EU activists will never stop feeling sad about Brexit.
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The EU’s great power delusions
Predictions that the invasion of Ukraine will breathe new life into enlargement are based on wishful thinking.
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Desperation is turning the centre right against green politics
As populist parties’ influence grows, the consensus around Europe’s climate change agenda is crumbling.
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