How Brexit Made Britain European
Keir Starmer is just the latest victim of a political reality created by Brexit—one that has, counterintuitively, turned Britain into a European country.
Luke Hallam
· 5 min read
European Politics
A collection of 13 posts
Postliberalism After Hungary
Orbán’s defeat should scare the hell out of populist authoritarians.
Matt Johnson
· 13 min read
Germany’s Cozy Catastrophe
The German state has been generous to its beneficiaries—but that largesse is becoming increasingly unsustainable.
Andreas Paul John
· 18 min read
Europe Needs a New Alliance
Trump’s threat to annex Greenland has revealed the shakiness of America’s commitment to NATO. Europe urgently needs to create its own alternative.
Stephan Jensen
· 8 min read
A Shrivelling Continent
As the nationalist parties of the New Right gain ever greater influence in Europe, the future of the European Union is looking increasingly precarious.
John Lloyd
· 12 min read
German Democracy’s Uncertain Future
Friedrich Merz must take the concerns of ordinary citizens seriously—particularly on immigration and Islam. He must prove that such concerns can be addressed without veering into extremism.
Gerfried Ambrosch
· 9 min read
A Question of Legitimacy
The Rassemblement National was thwarted by a coalition of convenience, but it remains the party with the largest grip on French voters.
John Lloyd
· 10 min read
In Defence of the EU
The European Union has been overwhelmingly successful in achieving its primary mission: guaranteeing peace.
James Graham
· 13 min read
What's Next for Poland?
The abuses must be tackled, yet the new government must choose its remedies with care.
Dalibor Roháč
· 7 min read
As Erdoğan Weaponizes Turkey's Migrants, Greece Pays the Price
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tweeted on Sunday. “The borders of Greece are the external borders of Europe. We will protect them.”
Nektaria Stamouli
· 6 min read
Thatcher Warned Us to Go Slow on European Integration. Too Bad We Didn’t Listen
She believed that Europe should not be a centralizing power that incubated supranational institutions—particularly as this model of centralization was just then in the throes of spectacular failure within the Soviet Union.
Johan Wennström
· 7 min read
Quillette Podcast 35 – Eric Kaufmann and Sunder Katwala Discuss the European Election Results
Listen onSpotify Toby Young discusses the European election results with Eric Kaufmann, author of Whiteshift, and Sunder Katwala, director of British Future. Is national populism in decline? If not, how concerned should we be? Eric Kaufmann, a professor of politics at Birkbeck College, wrote about the European election for Quillette.
Quillette
· 1 min read
The Case for a Second EU Referendum
The fate of the withdrawal agreement, and indeed the country at large, cannot depend on “he said, she said” accusations and counter-accusations.
Oliver Conolly
· 15 min read