International
Who speaks up for the EU?
The Queen has been the sole Brit speaking up for the unity of Europe. What will Labour’s new leader say – and who will rarely campaign against a looming #Brexit?
Why the left is split over Europe
How has opposition to the EU changed since the Greek bail out, Cameron’s re-election and referendum pledge and the migration crisis? A professor of European Politics gives her trenchant views.
Wer ist dieser Jeremy Corbyn? Wofür steht er?
‘Corbynmania’ has crossed the Channel, prompting a former Labour Europe Minister to examine what his ex-colleague stands for and what his prospects might be.
The real Europe for desperate refugees in Calais
Three University of Birmingham specialists visit The Jungle in Calais and report on its intolerable conditions – and the real causes of the humanitarian crisis unfolding there.
Greece: the terror and the pity
We are witnessing politics at its most brutal and Hobbesian. Though we may cry out for pity it feels like there is precious little room for it in the committee rooms of Berlin and Brussels,…
Lexit: the Left says no to Europe
Labour’s former Europe Minister on why Owen Jones is wrong to campaign against the EU. It’s the politics of the current set of European leaders that’s wrong and should be changed
The (un)intended consequences of that Greek deal
The deal to keep Greece in the euro, reached after marathon talks, leaves huge questions of democracy, unity and Germany’s hegemony open. A German commentator is unsparing in his critique of Berlin
Euclid Tsakalotos, Greece, and the dream of a new Europe
Like his colourful predecessor Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s new Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos is an economics professor turned politician with a strong belief in the potential of the European Union as a force for progressive change,…
Merkel and Greece: solidarity or mere compassion
As Eurozone country leaders hold yet another crisis on Greece a leading German historian urges Merkel to show true leadership rather than just kick the can down the road as usual
Vote SNP, get Brexit
Never has a British general election caused so much concern in Europe. And never has the UK appeared closer to the EU exit door.
Escaping the shadow of euroscepticism
The referendum campaign devoted much attention to how and whether an independent Scotland would negotiate to stay in, re-join, or even leave, the European Union. But the bigger question by far is what sort of…
Latvia: no template for Scotland
It’s a commonplace of Scottish political discourse to compare our nation of 5.2m to independent near-neighbours such as the Nordics – Denmark, say, with its 5.6m – or, more recently, the Baltics, with their 6.2m…