With elections next year, Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders are trying to secure institutions against the National Rally threat
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Without US military support, we need a European defence union. Here’s what that looks like | Paul Taylor ⊕⊕
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The fledgling ‘coalition of the willing’ assembled for Ukraine could form the basis for an urgent European security response
After a year of Donald Trump’s second term and two Munich Security Confere…
83 days ago
Europe must heed Mark Carney – and embrace a painful emancipation from the US | Paul Taylor ⊕
Trump’s tariff retreat should lull nobody into dropping their guard. The EU must join forces with Canada, Japan and other like-minded countries
EU leaders would do well to meditate on the seminal les…
88 days ago
French farmers wrongly accuse Brussels of betrayal. Macron’s complicity could help the far right to victory ⊖
Marine Le Pen is milking rural fury over the Mercosur pact. France’s politicians, of all stripes, are too cowardly to defend a good deal
Once again, France’s farmers have been blocking motorways with …
3 months ago
From bon appetit to Uber Eats: why France’s beloved restaurants are in crisis | Paul Taylor ⊖
When I started as a reporter in Paris in the 1970s, long, boozy lunches were the norm. Now only fast food and fine dining are thriving
Spare a thought for the poor French restaurateur. Once the iconic…
4 months ago
Trump has declared civilisational war on Europe. It won’t be easy – but here’s how to fight back | Paul Taylor ⊖⊖
With democratic values under attack from populists within and former allies without, there are no simple solutions
Three decades after political philosopher Francis Fukuyama declared the End of Histor…
Trump’s new doctrine confirms it. Ready or not, Europe is on its own | Georg Riekeles and Varg Folkman ⊖
We can move from defensive crouch to position of strength but only if we use the economic cards we have against US coercion
Europe is on a trajectory towards nothing less than “civilisational erasure”…
French conservatives are inching towards a pact with Le Pen that could enable a far-right takeover of the country | Paul Taylor ⊖
In trying to woo hard-right voters, Les Républicains risk destroying France’s Gaullist legacy and putting Paris on a collision course with the EU
‘Not one vote for the left!” That call from Bruno Reta…
5 months ago
The EU has let US tech giants run riot. Diluting our data law will only entrench their power | Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles ○
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The GDPR is Europe’s defence against digital oligarchy, child harm and foreign political interference. Deregulation plans are misguided
Europe is hurtling toward digital vassalage. Under Ursula von de…
Forget diplomatic niceties: it's beyond time Europe denounced Trump's trashing of democracy in the US | Paul Taylor ⊕⊕
The convention to stay out of allies’ internal affairs does not apply. What happens in America does not stay in America
What do you do when you discover your best friend is abusive to their partner at…