Quick Take: Enrico Letta
Enrico Letta was prime minister of Italy for less than a year before he was ousted by a rival, Matteo Renzi. But a lot happened during Letta's time at the top. After six years in Paris, he's back in I...
1 Dec 202118min
Book Club: The Scent of Wild Animals
Liberal lawmaker Sophie in 't Veld says the European Union's survival depends on overcoming creeping sclerosis, ending acquiescence to autocrats, and embracing the kind of political spectacle that cap...
5 Nov 202138min
The Climate Allies Europe Needs
With the next big climate conference about to get underway in Glasgow, major breakthroughs look elusive. Among the spectres at the feast are raging geopolitical tensions, high energy prices, the ongoi...
25 Okt 202119min
Hedegaard on the Hazards of Stalling Climate Action
Concerns are growing that the big climate conference in Glasgow next month will not do enough to avert climate breakdown. Obstacles to progress include international tensions between the US and China,...
21 Okt 202120min
Book Club: The Last Bluff
During the first few months of 2015 the world watched in awe — and often admiration — as a scrappy government in Athens tried to stare down Europe's financial and political establishment. The standoff...
23 Sep 202129min
A Hunger Strike at the Heart of Europe
This summer some 450 undocumented workers and migrants in Brussels refused food during two months. They were protesting Belgian immigration rules that human rights officials and campaigners like Lilan...
1 Sep 202149min
Eurocrats Who Look Like Europe
There is a double standard at the heart of the European Union’s powerful executive body, the European Commission. Women — mostly white women — benefit from affirmative action when applying for jobs. B...
30 Juni 202139min
First Aid for Polish Democracy
Parallels with the Soviet era are increasingly evident in Poland where the ruling coalition hounds judges and captures courts. Adam Bodnar, the country's human rights commissioner, lambasts European C...
14 Maj 202143min
