EU
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…
The EU has botched its vaccination programme
The EU has botched its vaccination programme
What parking disputes have taught me about Brexit
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 Britain chose Brexit
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…
The deal-or-no-deal debate is different this time
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…
We should not accept Brexit in name only
Given the seemingly highly technical nature of the current negotiations, members of the public who have normal lives to lead…
Can Boris's dash to Brussels secure a Brexit deal?
The upshot of Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen’s conversation this evening is that the pair will meet in…
The Visegrád bloc are threatening to tear apart the EU
The bad boys of Europe are at it again. The EU has been attempting to tie budget funds to members…
Erdogan’s game: why Turkey has turned against the West
Why Turkey is severing its links with the West
Covid second wave sparks European parliament bust-up
The Covid second wave is hitting Europe, so the European parliament has decided not to up sticks from Brussels and decamp…
The biggest obstacle to a Brexit deal
Downing Street now thinks that the chances of a Brexit deal are down to 30 or 40 per cent, I…
