Sign our petition today and share it with as many people as possible to tell our government that we do not want a trade war with Europe. That the last thing our country needs is even higher prices, an even bigger cost-of-living crisis, and the breakdown of power-sharing in Northern Ireland.… Read More »
A democratic European Union
The European Union is not a sovereign federal or confederal state but a union of democratic states and citizens.… Read More »
pride and shame
“Though it saddens me beyond words to say it, it’s some years now since I could say I felt proud to be British. To those fake patriots who’d ask me why I hate my country so much, I’d answer that I don’t: I just hate what they’ve done to it.”… Read More »
time for a new entente cordiale
Johnson now has a big choice. Does he continue to encourage the sniping and snarking at Macron, as he has done since he became Prime Minister in 2019? Or does he look for a post-Brexit entente cordiale and set UK-France relations on a new trajectory… Read More »
Why Europe can’t break free from gas
“If we want to end our reliance on gas—Russian or otherwise—we need to end the relationship between the industry and decision-makers, cutting fossil-fuel interests out of our political system.”… Read More »
Hungary’s election is critical for Europe
Hungary, an outlier in the EU over the rule of law and support for Russia, goes to the polls on Sunday with Viktor Orban facing a real challenge…… Read More »
What Russia’s war in Ukraine means for Europe
“The EU’s geopolitical awakening must not lead to a more introverted gaze, focusing on European capabilities and resilience, at the expense of engagement with the wider world.”… Read More »
Time for the Left to leave cold war thinking
“Unfortunately, parts of the left remain mired in a pathology which weakened it morally and politically during the cold war—‘campism’,” writes Sheri Berman.… Read More »