by Stefan Lehne
The European mind is closing amid a host of real, exaggerated, and imagined fears. Old narratives for European unity are disappearing, replaced by blame of the EU for insecurity and interference. Europeans increasingly…
by Joop Hazenberg
European leaders breathed a sigh of relief at the Dutch election results. Nevertheless the results are a sign of the ongoing crisis of Western democracy.
The Dutch parliamentary election of 2017 has exposed…
by JUDY DEMPSEY
The Netherlands’ pro-European prime minister has secured an important election victory, but not without pandering to the far Right.
After a campaign so often shamefully marked by anti-Islam, anti-Turkey, and anti-immigration rhetoric, the Dutch…
Vocal Europe: Anti-establishment populism in Europe is undeniably on the rise. From Brexit, to French far-right Marine Le Pen, and to Wilders Party of Freedom in Netherlands where rejection of old orthodoxies, political…
by Žiga Turk
There has never been a shortage of thinking about the future of Europe. Last week, the Commission presented its five scenarios. Which is timely, because things are not working as they are. And…
by REM KORTEWEG
After decades of embracing a firmly pro-EU stance, the Dutch appear increasingly out of sorts and disappointed with the European Union.
There is something up with the Dutch. As one of the six founding…
by Vít Novotný
The 2010s are becoming a decade of geopolitical paradoxes, even tectonic shifts. Donald Trump’s electoral victory may create a new and outrageous alliance between the US and Russia at the expense of the…
by Giles Marshall
Britain’s prime minister, Theresa May, will be the first foreign leader to meet new US president Donald Trump this Friday and it has caused a resurgence of hope in Britain that the…
by Vincenzo Scarpetta
Italian MEP Antonio Tajani, of the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) group, was elected new President of the European Parliament yesterday evening. It took him four rounds of voting to beat his…
by Andrew Duff
Brussels is no stranger to political confusion, especially when the leadership of the EU institutions is concerned. Already the press wheels out its usual reports of backroom deals and an imminent 'stitch-up'…