Does Brexit really need to happen?
With talk of a so-called People’s Vote aimed at stopping Brexit growing, it’s time for Remainers to ask whether a second referendum might pose some dangers of its own.
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With talk of a so-called People’s Vote aimed at stopping Brexit growing, it’s time for Remainers to ask whether a second referendum might pose some dangers of its own.
Slowly and quietly, the German Greens are filling the void once occupied on the centre-left by the collapsing social democrats. German politics may never be the same again.
Another European election, another round of bad takes about the far-right from the British media. Sweden’s election saw the rise of the Sweden Democrats, but that’s far from the whole story.
Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party has received another four years to create his ‘illiberal democracy’. Is this an omen of things to come in Western Europe?
In retrospect, 2017 hasn’t produced a lot of good news, from Trump to the sexual harassment revalations. But don’t despair: there are signs the tide is beginning to turn.
Angela Merkel’s future is in doubt, and the English-speaking media is hysterical. Though unexpected, the events in Germany are far from political Armageddon.
The European Union was born out of the Second World War. In 1957 the Treaty of Rome brought hope to a continent ravaged by near-constant warfare. Today, the United Kingdom has surrendered this gift.
France is being swept by a new populist movement promising radical change and a solution to the country’s divisions and inequalities. No, not Marine Le Pen – Emmanuel Macron!