Labour considering plan to soften Brexit
The party could embrace dynamic alignment with European regulations to boost economic growth.
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Why Labour thinks it has solved the Brexit conundrum
If Keir Starmer’s party wins, expect a slew of specific UK-EU treaties to be negotiated.
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Radek Sikorski: Poland does not have “the influence on Europe’s eastern policy that we deserve”
The former Polish foreign minister on the war in Ukraine, relations with Germany and how the illiberal government can be…
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The “Lady Voldemort” of German politics is poised to unite the extreme left and right
If she starts her own anti-establishment party, Sahra Wagenknecht could alter Germany’s political landscape.
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European diplomacy in the 21st century, with Catherine Ashton
How Europe can defend its interests in a tumultuous world.
Ten crucial questions about the world in 2023
The New Statesman’s writer at large identifies important global trends for the year ahead – and makes some predictions.
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Fifty years after joining the European Communities, Britain still doesn’t know what it is or wants
Britain’s unresolved Europe question is inseparable from its unresolved England question.
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It’s time for Remainers to try and make Brexit work
As we enter 2023, the mass of the British people are exhausted by the battles of the past six years…
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Why the Tories I know are so disillusioned
The Conservative Party now has to win over the voters that it used to take for granted.
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Two years on, our trade deal with the EU is a rotten turkey
A poll finds more than three quarters of companies believe the Brexit deal has been unhelpful to their business.
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Liberals needn’t be silent about the EU-Qatar corruption scandal
But then, Brexiteers shouldn’t be quiet about how Brexit has failed, either.
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Keir Starmer courts industry leaders in an attempt to strengthen the party’s relationship with business
By launching a review into supporting start-ups, Starmer is prepping the ground for a more interventionist state.
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Coal power has rebounded in Europe
Coal generation has risen by 30 per cent compared with 2020 as the war in Ukraine hits energy supplies.
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Starmer’s wrong – everyone knows we’d be better off reversing Brexit
We’ve been here before: you can’t get the benefits of closeness to the EU without rejoining its single market.
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Europe’s far-right parties are learning from one another
With the hard right in power in Italy and Sweden, sister parties across the EU are hoping they will be…
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Emmanuel Macron: the man who would be king
How the French president became the most powerful leader in Europe and a hyperactive player on the world stage.
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Leader: Why we need honesty on migration
Successive governments have relied on high migration to disguise the structural weaknesses of the British economy.
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Most UK businesses see no benefit in post-Brexit deregulation
The government’s plan to remove all remaining EU regulation could do even more damage to the UK’s weakened economy, say…
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Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer have capitulated to the Brexit zealots
The public now believes that the UK was wrong to leave the EU – but the Conservatives and Labour are…
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The underlying tension of Emmanuel Macron’s US state visit
Cracks in the transatlantic alliance would threaten the united front against Russia.
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