Suffering, ignored voters want populists
Peter Pellegrini’s election as Slovakia’s President is being decried by the Brussels elite as yet another sign of supposedly worrying populism.
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French to use EP elections to punish Macron, survey suggests
French voters will use the European Parliament elections in June to express their dissatisfaction with French President Emmanuel Macron, research has found
Outrage as Macron floats putting EU under French nuclear umbrella
The French nuclear arsenal, consisting of roughly 300 operational nuclear warheads, could be shared as part of an EU defence deal, Macron has argued.
ECR takes on Green Deal and China in new policy roadmap
The European Conservative and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament has targeted China and the Green Deal in a roadmap for the next legislature of the…
EU Left wants to ‘blackmail’ opposition with Green Deal
It comes ahead of a debate titled "The attack on climate and nature: far-right and conservative attempts to destroy the Green Deal and prevent investment in our…
Poles falling out of love with the EU?
According to the latest poll conducted by international think-tank More in Common across the European Union, just 51 per cent of Poles have a positive image of the…
The European institutions proclaim their commitment to the rule of law. The reality is more akin to the rule of flaws. Five more years of this could sound the death knell of the European project
The rule of law has featured high on the EU’s agenda during the current term.
European air defence initiative splits Polish PM Tusk and President Duda
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said his country is ready to take an active part in the German led European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI) but President Andrzej…
The tractor referendums: The EU has a choice – more democracy, or more farmer protests?
When a European leader calls a national referendum he is confident he will win, you should picture the old Road Runner villain Wile E Coyote holding a lit stick…
Two thirds of Poles oppose adoption of the euro, poll shows
According to a survey released over the Easter weekend an overwhelming majority of Poles oppose entry into the common-currency Eurozone, preferring to keep the Polish…
Excluding election-winning populists merely acts as rocket fuel for their poll ratings: This is what Portugal’s Luis Montenegro is about to learn
Portuguese Prime Minister-designate Luis Montenegro faced a hard decision after narrowly winning last month’s elections.
Sweden Democrats set to double its MEPs, say pollsters
With three MEPs in the current European Parliament, the Sweden Democrats look set to double the number to six in the June elections.
June’s EP elections could turn Italy’s PM Meloni into EU kingmaker
Never historically far from centre stage in European politics, Italy also lies right at the centre of the possibly biggest story regarding June's European Parliament…
EP elections poll: Eurosceptics set to gain most as centre-left holds ground
With just over 80 days until the European Parliament elections, an Ipsos poll shows big gains for Conservatives and nationalists, while Greens are set to lose out…
The West won the World Wars and the Cold War. We must win today too – but to do so Europe must rediscover its belief in democracy
It seems that every month the European project becomes more beleaguered.
Is France turning into an Anthony Burgess dystopia? The dangers of going ‘Zulu’ and embracing the ‘Horns of the Buffalo’
France appears to be embracing the deadly Zulu “Horns of the Buffalo” tactic when it comes to the lifespans of its citizens.
‘It’s not Belgrade anymore, it’s Brussels’: Eurosceptics see coalition influence as Croatia heads for the polls
A weak election performance from Croatia's centre-right Prime Minister Andrej Plenković could drive the pro-Europe leader into coalition with hard-line Eurosceptics:…
‘All about control’: EP committee approves establishment of Digital Euro
The digital euro passed a key hurdle on February 15, with a European Parliament committee approving a draft opinion backing the European Central Bank's proposed…
Read the latest outpouring in Foreign Affairs – and wonder at the European establishment’s sheer lack of understanding of the United States and Donald Trump
Just as the American Democrats and Never Trump Republicans have been propelled into full panic mode by the high possibility that President Trump will be reelected,…
European nationalism’s roots are found in nineteenth century liberalism – if the EU sweeps away the nation-state it will prove a victory for the forces of reaction
The upcoming elections in Europe are often described as a competition between the reactionary forces of a resurgent nationalism and the cosmopolitanism of liberal…
‘EU’s got too big and we want less,’ says Flemish bigwig Van Grieken
Parties on the hard-right are often accused of being "anti-European".
Europe’s Empires don’t survive: This is something the European Commission still needs to learn
The European Union will have to decide: Does it want to give in or resist the temptation to turn into an empire?
Poland’s PiS backs Orbán’s Fidesz bid to join ECR in European Parliament
Poland’s Conservative (PiS) party has declared it is open to the idea of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz, led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, joining the European Conservative…
Hungarian-speakers’ organisation to renew push for Szeklerland autonomy
Szeklerland, Romania.
European Parliament plotting ‘woke’ re-working of history curriculums
The European Parliament is plotting a "woke" re-working of history curriculums across the bloc, several leading academics have warned.
Many ECB staff ‘not impressed’ with Lagarde
Lagarde, the first ECB President without a background as a trained economist, has lost the confidence of more than a thousand of her staff, according to a survey…
Meloni and EC at loggerheads over ESM ‘austerity weapon’
After vetoing reforms to the Eurozone bailout fund, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has challenged its managing director, Pierre Gramegna, to find a “better…
Germany’s new party BSW comes out all guns blazing
BSW, Sahra Wagenknecht's new left-wing faction in Germany, has presented its draft European Union programme.
Eurosceptics tone down talk of EU exit ahead of projected election breakthrough
Parties that oppose more EU integration have differing opinions over Ukraine but share views on migration and climate-change policy.
Is złoty doomed? Eurozone entry debate kicks off in Poland
Influential Polish daily Rzeczpospolita is leading the charge for the country’s entry into the Eurozone.