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Italy’s not the new Greece. It’s the new Argentina.
MILAN — The Italian government’s decision to bust the deficit limits it had agreed with the European Union is depressing. But it’s not surprising. It’s not just that Rome is now governed by a grand...
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The lies of Catalan separatism are a threat to Europe
BARCELONA — One year after Catalonia’s illegal independence referendum, the violent demonstrations in Barcelona on Monday made it painfully obvious that the situation has worsened, not improved. Carles...
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Poland’s risky ‘America first’ policy
WARSAW — Poland has a new foreign policy: “America first.” The ruling nationalists in Warsaw are gambling on personal chemistry and political affinity with U.S. President Donald Trump to ensure their...
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How I learned to stop worrying and love Brexit
LONDON — For what possible reason would a Belgian national, who grew up at the same time as the European institutions, want to become a British citizen? And why would he want to do that just as his new...
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Catalonian independence is not a threat to Europe
The author of “The lies of Catalan separatism are a threat to Europe” (October 2) argues that Catalan independence is no different than other regressive nationalisms and populisms threatening the...
View ArticlePoles are right to trust Trump
WARSAW — In his recent column for POLITICO, “Poland’s risky ‘America first’ policy” (October 4), Paul Taylor argues that Poland should work with the leaders of France and Germany instead of the United...
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Brexit is embarrassing — for the Brits
HAMBURG — The U.K. has many friends in Europe, myself included. Primitive water taps and lack of double-glazed windows aside, I love Britain. But as domestic power struggles push its leaders into...
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Nationalize Facebook
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom — In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg solemnly pledged to safeguard user data. “And if we can’t then we don’t deserve to serve...
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German lion emerges from Merkel’s sunset
If ever a simple truth accurately portrayed the situation German Chancellor Angela Merkel finds herself in, it’s this: “In a democracy, like all of us, you’ve got to give up your post sometime.” It is...
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How Europe can stop African migration
Europe pledged to spend €6 billion in Turkey to keep refugees on the other side of the border. Some have suggested spending a similar amount in Africa. POLITICO asked Europe’s leading migration experts...
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Trump may not be crazy, but the rest of us are getting there fast
CNN before love-making is not his idea of a turn-on. But she can hardly turn it off — engrossed as she is in the latest unnerving gyrations of Washington. Who else to blame but Donald Trump? A...
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The tragedy of Jamal Khashoggi
It’s not just Jamal Khashoggi. The disappearance and reported killing of the refom-minded Saudi journalist at a consulate in Istanbul is only the latest in a succession of developments that have cast...
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After Kavanaugh, #MeToo should launch a new temperance movement
With Brett Kavanaugh, and the dark cloud permanently fixed above his head, on the Supreme Court, fury on the left is palpable. Yet even if the battle for his seat is lost, the battle against sexual...
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How to break the Brexit impasse: Reunite Ireland
BELFAST — Among the many ironies of Brexit, this one must rank among the highest. Ultra-British nationalists in Northern Ireland look increasingly likely to deliver what 30 years of violence could not:...
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Kamikaze May
PARIS — The runway is in sight, the lights are on, but Theresa May has to wait for the last possible break in the storm clouds to try to land her juddering Brexit jumbo. Last weekend, negotiators from...
View ArticleLet voters pick the socialist leader for EU election
ATHENS — We European socialists risk missing a historic opportunity to bring EU citizens into the democratic process. Rather than choosing our candidate for European Commission president through...
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What Turkey hopes to gain from Khashoggi’s murder
From the moment news emerged that the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi had disappeared after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, news reports have been fueled by increasingly grisly reports...
View ArticleMigration is not a problem to be ‘managed’
Last week, a piece entitled “How Europe can stop migration” was published in POLITICO. Even from the title, migration is presented as a problem to be managed or a threat to be contained, and foreign...
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Mark Rutte’s leaden touch
THE HAGUE — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has had a rough ride since he took office for a third time a year ago this week. Tensions in his coalition, drama in his party, struggles with deeply...
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Hungary and Poland’s multispeed Europe
NEW YORK — Last year, Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, called two-speed Europe “one of the most abhorrent ideas.” His Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki, agreed. “We don’t want a union of...
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