When Emmanuel Macron won the French presidency last year, his victory was heralded as the deathblow to the rise of populism in Europe. “European relief as pro-EU centre ground beats far-right” wrote the FT on its front page. “France votes for Europe” opined the Spanish daily La Vanguardia. Macron’s victory was seen as proof that […]
When the UK voted to leave the European Union on June 23 2016, many people could not understand how David Cameron could have allowed such an important decision to be made by, of all people, the voters. Some saw the decision to call a referendum as an unnecessary move — especially on the pro-EU establishment […]
The EU doesn’t usually shy away from landmark celebrations. But one notable date passed almost unnoticed in Brussels this week as the ten-year anniversary of the signing of the Lisbon Treaty came and went. No official ceremony was held. No pro-EU gushing from the most reliable of EU federalists. Not even any faint murmurs of nostalgia […]
Appearing on the Today programme last week, Radosław Sikorski, a former Polish foreign minister and close political ally of current EU Council President Donald Tusk, said: “The fact is that Britain is 15 per cent of the European Economy. If there is a disruption to 15 per cent of Europe’s trade, they can live with […]
