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Migration anxieties deepen ahead of Dutch elections
OUDE PEKELA, the Netherlands â As the Netherlands prepares for elections in March, immigration is emerging as one of the defining issues of a campaign pitting Prime Minister Mark Rutte against the...
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What the @@@@!
Given the barrage of emails we send and receive every day, itâs a wonder there is no official name for â@â â what we refer to as the âat symbolâ or “at sign.” In other languages, it takes...
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Fateful political year for Europe starts in Brussels
The electoral set piece events of 2017 are circled in bright red on the political calendar. Will Angela Merkel hang on in German elections in the fall? Will the French elect Marine Le Pen president in...
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2016 through the lens
While our Most Powerful Photos of 2016 post cast a broad net, here we asked five photographers from Prime Collective, a small but prestigious group doing regular work for National Geographic, the...
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This New Year’s Eve, drink to that (from your enemy’s skull)
Around the world, the most common drinking toast is to good health. There are, however, a few more specific ways of raising a glass: âTo good healthâ itself has many variants. In Slovenian, itâs...
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The death of Clintonism
In September 1963, two months before his death, John F. Kennedy mused aloud to his old friend the journalist Charles Bartlett about the prospects for the 1968 presidential election, in which, he...
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Now, really crank up heat on Russia
WASHINGTON â Vladimir Putin opted on Friday not to expel 35 American diplomats, following Thursdayâs decision by the Obama administration to declare persona non grata that number of Russian...
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Did Obama let Putin off easy?
President Barack Obamaâs retaliatory strike against the Russian government hit Washington with an awkward clang on Thursday. Democrats, hungering for payback after the Kremlinâs meddling in the...
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A case for radical French gradualism
If he makes it to the Elysée Palace, as the polls say he will in May, François Fillon wonât be the reformer everyone expects, and thatâs fine. After a spectacular last-minute surge in...
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Europe, stand up to Poland
WARSAW â A sigh of relief was heard across Europe shortly before Christmas when the European Commission published its new rule-of-law recommendations for the Polish government, urging Warsaw to...
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Europe’s problem is not populism
When we talk about politics, it’s always tempting to use some “mega-trend” to explain the state of the world. Today, the most fashionable of them all is “the rise of populism.” Unfortunately, this is...
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Dear 2017, please surprise us
At the end of 2016, a year of stunning political upsets, POLITICO asked writers: What would surprise you most about the coming 12 months? * * * This will be the year of the barbarians âThe old order...
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Vladimir Putin, war criminal
NEWARK, New Jersey â Russiaâs criminal behavior in Syria is just the latest in a long string of crimes perpetrated by Russian President Vladimir Putin. U.S. President-elect Donald Trumpâs...
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Wanted: Fresh blood in the European Parliament
With elections scheduled for later this month, Europeans deserve better than a choice between two dull Italian politicians and a veteran Belgian federalist out of synch with public opinion as the next...
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The end of the Kennedy mystique
“Jackie,â in which a blood-soaked, chain-smoking Jacqueline Kennedy copes with her husbandâs assassination, is the kind of movie that can only be made with the passage of time â 53 years, in...
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Why Trump can’t let go
When Donald Trump stood up in front of a throng of reporters as well as loyal, cheering paid staffers Wednesday at Trump Tower in New York, there was the theatrical stack of folders of papers on the...
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Bring back Meglena Kuneva
With Kristalina Georgieva’s departure to the World Bank, Bulgaria must nominate a European commissioner. The current political vacuum in Sofia suggests that early agreement on a candidate will not be...
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Make internationalism great again
WASHINGTON â Across the West, nationalism has been appropriated by political forces that are isolationist, illiberal, and protectionist. For proponents of open societies, this poses a problem. In...
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The Trumputin trap
Donald Trump is an avowed admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who sees himself as a brilliant dealmaker. As he settles in following his inauguration, the newly seated U.S. president will...
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Bring back the draft. No, really.
STOCKHOLMÂ â If Sweden reinstitutes the draft, as it is expected to do within a couple of months, many will report the move as a return to a previous era. For centuries, young men in Europe were...
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