The real reason Macron is suddenly talking tough on Russia
What should we make of the recent hardening of Emmanuel Macron’s position on the war in Ukraine? At the beginning…
It’s time to give Poland nuclear weapons
As Donald Trump marches towards the Republican nomination, a spectre is haunting Europe: how should they prepare for a world…
The EU is incapable of defending itself
For years, European leaders have recognised that ‘in a world of carnivores, vegetarians have a very tough time of it,’…
The EU has become paralysed by its own bad decisions
In 2019, France’s president Emmanuel Macron famously called Nato ‘braindead’. Think what you will about the health of the defence…
The unfortunate reality about US support for Ukraine
Pranked by a Kremlin-friendly comedy duo, Italy’s Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, spoke for many when she confessed her ‘fatigue’ with the…
Law and Justice has lost. Where does Poland go now?
If it continues to hold, the likely electoral victory of Poland’s opposition last night is good news for all those…
Supporting Israel doesn’t mean abandoning Ukraine
Hamas’s heinous attack and the robust Israeli response serve as a useful reminder of well-known double standards on the activist…
Poland and Hungary could come to regret their Ukraine grain ban
The row over Ukrainian grain imports shows that politicians in Eastern Europe can be their own worst enemies. Five Eastern European…
Nato membership for Ukraine would guarantee peace in Europe
Although Western support to Ukraine’s defence effort continues unabated, the honeymoon between Kyiv and even its staunchest allies is decidedly…
Nato would be wrong to reject Ukraine’s membership plea
US president Joe Biden has been busy curbing expectations about Nato’s looming decision over Ukraine’s future membership. Starting the accession process…
Macron has no idea how to pay for ‘reindustrialisation’
Emmanuel Macron is playing the emperor again. Last week he proudly announced a grand new strategy, but without any indication…
A Chinese diplomat has let slip the truth about Beijing’s foreign policy
The off-colour comment by Lu Shaye, China’s ambassador to France, that post-Soviet countries such as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania did…
Will the EU finally see sense over its Common Agricultural Policy?
What should be done about Ukraine’s grain exports? Ongoing controversy in Poland over the country’s imports into the EU, which…
The EU is sleepwalking into a debt trap
It’s been less than three years since the EU made the unprecedented decision to issue €750 billion of its own debt…
The EU is letting itself be blackmailed by Hungary
For Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, there is only one lesson to be learned from the compromise reached with the…
The EU and America are sliding into protectionism
Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Washington this week and the upcoming meeting of the US-EU Trade and Technology Council on…
Many Europeans continue to yearn for British leadership
Liz Truss’s mind was probably elsewhere when she arrived in Prague for the inaugural summit of the European Political Community (EPC)…
How Poland came back from the brink
Poland is back. Not so long ago, the country was seen as an effigy of democratic backsliding, rather than a…
Is Putin about to invade Moldova?
‘If you don’t like how the table is set, turn over the table,’ said Frank Underwood, the Machiavellian character played…
Is the West deceiving itself about Russia's 'defeat' in Ukraine?
Following his fateful decision to invade Ukraine, Russia’s dictator Vladimir Putin has been customarily described as a high-stakes gambler. Yet…
Europe can't expect America to ride to its rescue against Putin
Joe Biden received a lot of flak for suggesting that Nato might be divided about what to do next if…
The battle for Ukraine has already been lost
Forget the ‘commitment‘ of the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Ukraine’s sovereignty, the EU’s ‘firm and decisive’ support, and…
The EU’s woeful response to the collapse of Tunisian democracy
For a political actor that ‘believes in the universal value of democracy and the rights of the individual,’ as the…
Why is the EU copying China’s Belt and Road initiative?
Much like Mark Twain’s apocryphal quote about arguing with idiots who ‘drag you down to their level and beat you…
Europe should be wary of Biden's cuddly capitalism
Judging by the European press’ reaction to his address to Congress this week, US president Joe Biden’s domestic agenda is…
