A s the extraordinary results of the UK's general election sink in, and we get used to this spinning British polity, there are a few immediate takeaways to be noted from the campaign in…
I f you thought Theresa May was tone-deaf and unresponsive during the actual election campaign, then that's nothing on her performance since.
Following her seriously reduced circumstances I initially thought it was right for her…
T he Manchester atrocity hasn't actually persuaded people to forget what a very poor campaign Theresa May appears to be conducting in the UK General Election, as polls suggest something of a nose-dive for…
by Craig Kennedy & Roland Freudenstein
On 25 May, President Trump will come to Brussels, on the last leg of his first trip abroad.
If anyone takes offense at Europe coming in line after Saudi Arabia and Israel on…
by Hanna Deringer, Hosuk Lee-Makiyama
Trump’s rhetoric on trade during his election campaign set a bad tone for US trade policy in general, but also for EU-US trade relations. However, his views – or at…
by Aarti Shankar
Emmanuel Macron’s victory yesterday was remarkable. Standing for elected office for the first time, aged 39, he took the presidency with 66.1% of the final round vote. He achieved this with only the…
by Peter Kellner*
Opinion polls suggest that the ruling Conservatives will comfortably win the snap UK general election to be held on June 8—but political fortunes are increasingly unpredictable.
Theresa May’s reasons for suddenly…
1. Theresa May hasn’t actually called a general election yet. She can’t. The Fixed Term Parliament Act leaves that decision with the House of Commons, so in reality the fate of this putative…
by Henry Newman
Shortly after Theresa May triggered Article 50, Angela Merkel gave a response. Her comments on the UK-EU negotiations are already being over-interpreted. Sky News, AFP, the Mirror, the Independent and many others are…
by James Bartholomeusz
The European Commission laid out five different post-Brexit scenarios in its latest White Paper. But the way towards a deeper and closer integration project cannot overlook the EU’s demos
From today’s perspective, the fate…