Europe
Viktor Orbán goes to war on the European parliament
‘Times have changed, and whereas thirty years ago we believed Europe was our future, today we understand that we are…
European nations are reasserting themselves
All but the most hardened Remainer will admit that the EU’s vaccine rollout has been poor. Up against the UK’s…
The census is the latest Brexit battleground
The end of the Brexit wars have left some Remainers feeling redundant. A few are now turning their attention to a new…
The mask scandal threatening to destroy Merkel’s legacy
In Germany, masks have been one of the least controversial elements of this pandemic. Most people have accepted that they…
Barnier and France fear Brexit Britain’s next moves
Michel Barnier – still officially the EU’s Brexit taskforce leader – gives few interviews. As a Savoyard and keen mountaineer,…
Welcome to Trump’s second term
President Biden’s emphatic assertion that ‘America is back’ at the Munich Security Conference last month was met with a lukewarm…
The EU needs to stop punishing Britain for Brexit
There have always been those on the European side who believe that for the EU project to succeed, Brexit must…
Why Eastern Europe is looking to Russia and China for vaccines
With Central and Eastern European countries still gripped by Covid-19, the EU’s slow vaccine rollout has offered little solace in…
Central Europe’s vaccine scepticism problem
Countries around the world are in a race against time to vaccinate their populations against Covid-19. But there is one…
Vaccine wars: the global battle for a precious resource
The vaccine wars are turning nasty
Is Joe Biden’s administration fit for the 2020s?
Joe Biden’s Cabinet nominees have been warmly received by the massed ranks of anti-Trumpists in Washington. But the warmth stateside…
The EU has botched its vaccination programme
The EU has botched its vaccination programme
Why Britain chose Brexit
There was nothing peculiarly British about Brexit
The next American empire
Americans have never been sure of their standing in the world, and the world has never been sure of Americans’…
Europe’s cities are becoming a refuge for Islamist extremists
Britain’s terror threat level has been upgraded to ‘severe’ this week, following jihadist attacks in both France and Austria. Raising…
The myth of the ‘stolen country’
The myth of the ‘stolen country’
This pandemic has put politics on fast-forward
‘The normal grease of politics is not there,’ bemoans one sociable cabinet minister. Certainly, the whispered conversations in corridors that…
Is it 'speculation' to say the UK has the most deaths in Europe?
It’s a grim news week for the government with Dominic Raab announcing in Tuesday’s press conference that the UK coronavirus death toll…
Have we been fighting a very different disease to China?
One of the great mysteries of coronavirus is how the epidemic has become much more severe in Europe and North…
The West is failing to rise to the challenge of coronavirus
Having apparently shaken off the first phase of the coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda machine is now in…
Will coronavirus revive liberalism — or deliver it a fatal blow?
Politicians, said the historian A.J.P. Taylor, do not create the current of events. They can only float along with them…
Le crunch: are the Brexit talks doomed before they begin?
Two irreconcilable versions of Brexit are about to collide
The Brexit reshuffle: Every great office of state is now held by a Leaver
One of the Tories’ tactical successes has been to push Brexit down the news agenda. But even if it no…
The death of the centre in European politics
Stockholm It’s hard not to feel sorry for Leo Varadkar. He positioned himself as Ireland’s champion and even ended up…
The death of the centre in European politics
What happens when times change, but parties don’t?
