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Russia’s corona euphoria
Vijai Maheshwari is a writer and entrepreneur based in Moscow. He tweets at @Vijaimaheshwari. MOSCOW — It wasn’t that long ago, in early June, that Russia’s capital Moscow was eerily quiet as the...
View ArticleEurope must not rush Google-Fitbit deal
Francesca Bria is a professor at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, UCL London; Cristina Caffarra is an antitrust and competition expert at Charles River Associates; Gregory Crawford is a...
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Mark Rutte is in danger of repeating David Cameron’s mistakes
Luuk Molthof is a senior research fellow at d|part, a nonpartisan political think tank based in Berlin. Mark Rutte has long had a reputation in Europe as a “Mr. No” — one that has only been reinforced...
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EU can’t have it both ways with Turkey
Nathalie Tocci is director of Istituto Affari Internazionali, a special adviser to European High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell, and the author of POLITICO‘s World View column. Her...
View ArticleHungarian editor’s dismissal escalates war on independent press
Gergő Sáling is managing partner and senior editor of Direkt36, a non-profit investigative journalism center in Hungary and the former editor-in-chief of Hungarian news site Origo. BUDAPEST — The...
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The death of the city
Some 700 years ago, the Tuscan town of Siena was a burgeoning banking and proto-industrial powerhouse with over 50,000 inhabitants — a population surpassed only by medieval “mega-cities” like Paris,...
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How will we remember COVID-19?
Otto English is the pen name used by Andrew Scott, a writer and playwright based in London. LONDON — History can essentially be divided into two: that which we like to remember, and that we seek...
View ArticleAn ode to the face mask
Hannah Roberts is a freelance journalist based in Rome. ROME — The face mask, something that seemed entirely foreign to most of us until a few months ago, has become an unavoidable part of our daily...
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What the West can learn from Ukraine’s treatment of Soviet monuments
Veronika Melkozerova is a freelance journalist based in Ukraine. KYIV — Before Ukraine declared independence in 1991, statues of Vladimir Lenin were an inescapable part of the landscape. Some 5,500...
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Terrorists and organized crime will be the winners of a no-deal Brexit
Paul Taylor, a contributing editor at POLITICO, writes the “Europe At Large” column. PARIS — Terrorists, gangsters and people-smugglers will be among the big winners if negotiations on the United...
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Coronavirus’ lost generation
MILAN — After a months-long search, Alessandro Margiotta had finally landed a job as a warehouse worker. The contract was only for six months, but it was better than nothing, he reasoned. Like many...
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Why post-Merkel Germany will change its tune on China
Noah Barkin is managing editor at the Rhodium Group and senior visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund in Berlin. BERLIN — One by one, democratic governments across the globe are hardening their...
View ArticleVon der Leyen’s recovery plan lets down the young
Adelaïde Charlier and Anuna De Wever are representatives of Belgian Youth for Climate (YFC). Applauded by countless European leaders as a “historic” moment, the EU deal on a €1.82 trillion budget and...
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5 ways to fix America’s broken ties with Europe
Michael Carpenter is managing director of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement and a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. WASHINGTON — After three and a half years of...
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The future of Hungary’s free media depends on EU money
Katalin Cseh is a Hungarian member of the European Parliament with the Renew Europe group. With the dismissal of the top editor of Hungary’s largest news site, Viktor Orbán’s oligarchs have strangled...
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Hungary’s African immigrants hope for #BLM reckoning
Kasia Kovacs is a freelance journalist and writer based in London and Budapest. BUDAPEST — For African students studying in Hungarian universities, the recent wave of protests that swept across Europe...
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Death by dark money: The Americanization of British democracy
Peter Geoghegan is investigations editor at openDemocracy and the author of “Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics” (August 2020, Head of Zeus). LONDON — Scandals about money in British...
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Empty theaters, unsung operas, canceled tours: Europe’s artists vs. the virus
PARIS — For Europe’s actors, musicians and dancers, the summer months are usually spent crisscrossing the Continent, hopping from one festival to another. Not this year. Although European economies...
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The old transatlantic relationship ain’t coming back
Paul Taylor, a contributing editor at POLITICO, writes the Europe At Large column. PARIS — “We will be back.” With those four words, uttered at the 2019 Munich Security Conference, Joe Biden warmed the...
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Austria’s most iconic tourist town doesn’t miss the tour buses
HALLSTATT, Austria — As Europe emerges from its coronavirus lockdown, many of its top tourist destinations have remained eerily empty and are scrambling to keep afloat economically. Hallstatt, it turns...
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