EU
The Meloni effect
How the Italian prime minister could reshape European politics
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
The day #FBPE delusions died
Europeans have shifted rightwards — and no one should be surprised
The EU is overregulating AI
Caution and control are being overemphasised above economic and technological opportunity
The EU is coming for “hate speech”
The European Commission is considering including “hate speech” in a list of serious bloc-wide crimes
Europe between the Seine and the Tiber
It is time for Paris and Rome to rethink sovereignty and their relationship with the EU
The campaign against National Conservatism is a disgrace
A peaceful conference is facing state and activist intimidation
Whose rule of law?
The European Union refuses to call out democratic backsliding when orchestrated by the left
Stuck in a Rutte
An assessment of Dutch politics under Prime Minister Mark Rutte
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Europe’s French nuclear shield?
With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent