Eurozone
The EU’s threats against London have been exposed as bluster
Francois Hollande could hardly have been clearer in his intentions. In the immediate aftermath of the 2016 vote that took…
A German court has plunged the eurozone into fresh crisis
An epidemic has been raging across the continent. The economy is in lockdown, and GDP is in freefall. But, hey,…
Coronavirus has again exposed the euro’s fatal flaw
Rising death rates. Economies closing down. People forced to stay at home. The coronavirus is a health, social and economic…
Germany’s ailing economy can’t afford a no-deal Brexit
The UK was the ‘sick man’ when we ‘joined Europe’ in 1973. Now, with Britain on the cusp of leaving,…
Britain must reject the European model
France has been in a state of organised uprising this week, with 300,000 motorists taking to the streets and autoroutes…
Europe’s biggest Brexit fear? That we’ll flourish outside the EU
What do Europeans really think about Brexit? Do they secretly admire our unexpected decision to walk away from all those…
Britain’s winning hand
On the morning after the European Union referendum, Britain looked like a country in crisis. The Prime Minister had resigned,…
The Spectator’s Notes
‘No one can seriously deny that European integration brought an end to Franco-German conflict and has settled the German question…
The right question at the wrong time
Complaining about the EU referendum campaign has become an integral part of the referendum; even Delia Smith has got in…
The Tory dogfight
The Brexit campaign has only just started to demonstrate its strength
The Spectator’s notes
It is good to learn that the current management of the V&A want to reverse their predecessors’ lack of interest…
Portrait of the week
Home The government postponed a Commons vote on relaxing the Hunting Act in England and Wales after the Scottish National…
A deal for the good of the world, but in Vienna rather than Brussels
As an occasional lecturer on the abstruse topic of the efficacy of sanctions in conflict resolution, I find myself much…
Solon vs Jean-Claude Juncker
The combination of terror and outrage with which Brussels has greeted Greek Prime Minister Tsipras’s referendum tells us everything we…
The Spectator’s notes
‘The Greek people,’ the Financial Times leading article said on Monday, ‘would be well advised to listen closely to the…
Portrait of the week
Home Tens of thousands took part in a demonstration in London against austerity, and thousands more in other cities. Russell…
The Spectator’s notes
People write about ‘Grexit’ and ‘Brexit’ as if they were the same, but they need not be. Grexit is about…
Contagion of a different kind as Greece wriggles off the hook
The clear winner in the Greek crisis is the author of The Little Book of Negotiating Clichés, whose royalties must…
Let Greece go
The campaign to keep Greece in the euro has resulted in five years of groundhog days. The unfortunate country seems…
Cheap shots and uncosted bribes are drowning out vision, wisdom and optimism
The interesting thing about Labour’s pledge to abolish non-dom tax status — a squib designed to trap Tories into expressing…
Diary
It’ll be a Skype interview, says the producer from Greek television, and not live. In TV-speak that usually means not…
Let Greece go
To listen to Greek government ministers addressing the outside world during their breaks from negotiations with eurozone leaders this week,…
Put the water cannons on standby and your money on a swift Grexit
‘Will Greece exit the eurozone in 2015?’ Paddy Power was pricing ‘yes’ at 3-to-1 on Tuesday, with 5-to-2 on another…
Investment: Euro stars
Panic in Europe means opportunity for investors
Portrait of the week
Home MPs voted by 382 to 128 to make Britain the only country to allow genetic modification of embryos to…
