EU
One year after Brexit, Britain is reaping the benefits of independence
A year ago today Britain awoke to a rather muted celebration – which seemed to consist largely of a bubble…
Ursula von der Leyen has always left a trail of disaster
The German Army had to join a NATO exercise with broomsticks because they didn’t have any rifles. It’s special forces…
Can Spain’s faith in the EU survive Covid?
According to ancient Moorish legend, when the world was created each land was given five wishes. Spain’s first four wishes…
What’s next for the Special Relationship?
This is a crucial year for the UK’s two most important relationships. The Anglo-American alliance, our strongest diplomatic and security…
The EU’s vaccine opportunism will not be forgotten
At first, it sounded like empty rage. The European Union had spent all week making wild statements about controlling vaccine…
How the EU vaccine row could escalate
The EU is now insisting that AstraZeneca use vaccine produced at its UK site to make up for a shortfall in…
Is the EU to blame for AstraZeneca’s vaccine shortage?
The important difference between AstraZeneca’s relationship with the UK and its relationship with the EU – and the reason it…
Has Covid killed the EU’s dream of open borders?
‘All non-essential travel should be strongly discouraged both within the country and of course across borders,’ Ursula von der Leyen,…
France’s Covid response is a source of national shame
France is the only permanent member of the UN Security Council not to have developed a coronavirus vaccine, and it…
Bad shot
The EU has botched its vaccination programme
Real life
Our battle with the EU has given me an insight into the parking disputes outside my house. Or is it…
The EU is taking a gamble with China
It took Brussels and Beijing seven years to agree an investment deal. A deal that, until its conclusion a few…
Thatcher was completely right about the Euro
It was a ‘rush of blood to the head’. Its central bank would prove to be hopelessly ineffective. And cultural…
Britain should now brace itself for a barrage of Brussels red tape
Should we be worried that the UK didn’t get all that it wanted for financial services in the UK-EU Trade…
Full text: Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal speech
It is four and a half years since the British people voted to take back control of their money, their…
Britain has won the biggest Brexit prize of all
In the end, the fish were only of symbolic importance. Neither does it matter that much what happens to Scottish…
At last: we have a Brexit deal
Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen have both confirmed that we have a deal: one with zero tariffs, zero quotas. The…
The case Brexiteers should make for Brexit
Why are Brexiteers rubbish at making the economic case for Brexit? On a whole range of things from three pin…
Why we left
There was nothing peculiarly British about Brexit
Fishing is now the sole major obstacle to a Brexit deal
Ursula von der Leyen and Boris Johnson spoke this evening to try and give the negotiations a shove. The statement…
Will Macron start an EU Covid chain reaction?
The Elysée palace has just confirmed that French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid-19, after developing symptoms this…
Emmanuel Macron’s great Brexit gamble
There is an intriguing pattern in our relationship with European integration. A Frenchman vetoed our attempt to join. A Frenchman…
Deal or no deal?
When a deadline is missed for Brexit negotiations, it is tempting to think there will be another chance to keep…
Why Boris Johnson can’t sign the current Brexit deal
The negotiations are still underway in Brussels. But both the UK and the EU are now talking far more openly…
Does the EU understand what sovereignty really means?
The UK never tried to have our constitution written in one big session. We made it up by responding to…
