François Valentin and Jorge González-Gallarza
Doomed to succeed
The euro may have fallen short of its objectives, but on its 20th birthday its survival inspires calls for further European integration
Can Viktor Orbán be defeated?
Hungary’s opposition seems united around little more than its dislike of the PM and his Fidesz party. Will that be enough to beat him in April’s elections?
Is Europe edging left?
A stunning socialist victory at Portugal’s snap election on Sunday is a boost for the centre-left in Western Europe
All’s not quiet on the eastern front
With armed conflict now a serious possibility, it would be a huge risk to call out Putin’s bluff
Is the Eurocracy ‘Woke’?
Many thought the EU was too technocratic to embrace the wave of wokeness washing over the West. They may have been proved wrong
Europe braces for winter
The EU’s ongoing energy crisis reveals how little its green transition has progressed
Losing precedence
The ECJ is losing out in Poland and beyond. Is the primacy of EU law ebbing away?
Europe’s Embattled Progressives
Europe took a decidedly neoliberal shift thirty years ago, but centre-left moderates still view the union as a beacon of progressivism
France’s darkest hour, through American eyes
A new book traces the panicked period in which the US recognised a fascist regime as France’s rightful government
The future of strategic autonomy
If you follow European politics and haven’t yet come across “strategic autonomy”, you’re not following closely enough
The Éric Zemmour Factor
The right-wing ‘intellectuel’ is fast becoming Emmanuel Macron’s worst nightmare
Germany: the land where centrists rule
The collapse of traditional governing parties across Europe has benefited radical and populist rivals – but this is not the case in Germany
