A Federal Spain in a Federal Europe
I have always been a profound admirer of Spanish democracy, but especially since February 23, 1981. On that dramatic day, Colonel Antonio Tejero attempted a coup d'état against the young democratic regime.
10 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Combating hatred with history
After a white-supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which anti-fascist campaigner Heather Heyer was killed, and many others injured, US President Donald Trump notoriously blamed “both sides” for the violence.
5 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Containing the Trump threat in Europe
The political environment in Central and Eastern Europe is ideal for populists who refuse to participate constructively in the European project.
4 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Theresa May's Trump Card
In the same week that British Prime Minister Theresa May outlined her vision for a “hard” Brexit from the European Union – withdrawing from the single market and the customs union – incoming US President Donald Trump met with Michael Gove, a leading Tory Eurosceptic.
29 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Europe's leadership crisis
The European Union's list of crises keeps growing. But, beyond the United Kingdom's “Brexit” vote to leave the bloc, Poland's constitutional-court imbroglio, Russian expansionism, migrants and refugees, and resurgent nationalism, the greatest threat to the EU comes from within: a crisis of political leadership is paralysing its institutions.
25 September 2016, 18:00 PM