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Encounters of European politicians that used to be rather technocratic and diplomatic in nature are being politicised. When the Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz visited the German Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer, this was not diplomacy between Austria and Germany but two European politicians building a political alliance

The fight for liberal democracy can only be won on the offensive

By: EBR | Thursday, December 27, 2018

It has become common to take the growing power of populists in European countries as a sign of the European Union’s declining political viability

The EU’s political integration was previously driven by a strong Franco-German coalition. France and Germany together were the primary architects for the closer integration of monetary, foreign, security, justice and home affairs policies. However, as France grappled with its growing domestic economic and political problems during the last decade or so, the EU was forced to fly increasingly on its German ‘engine’ alone

The Growing Danger of EU Disintegration

By: EBR | Thursday, December 27, 2018

The European Union has been rocked by almost ten years of potentially crippling crises involving sovereign debt in the eurozone, the mass migration of refugees, Russian military intervention in Ukraine and Brexit

No wonder the commission wanted to complete negotiations for the EU’s next budget for 2021-2027 before the European Parliament elections in May. It knew full well how Brexit and the new composition of the parliament would complicate these discussions. But it failed to make progress and has postponed the issue until next year

Europe After a No-Deal Brexit

By: EBR | Thursday, December 20, 2018

The disruption caused by Britain failing to agree an orderly exit from the European Union is immense—and dangerous for the bloc’s future stability

Ireland’s border could remain completely open; British jobs, investment, and prosperity would suffer far less than any other form of Brexit. The disadvantages are equally clear: like Norway, the UK would have to make continuing payments to the EU; the UK would be subject to EU rules and regulations without having any say in them; the UK would have to maintain freedom of movement for EU citizens—anathema to those pro-Brexit MPs and voters who want the UK to have the right to control immigration

Brexit: What Brexit?

By: EBR | Friday, December 14, 2018

Few want the UK to crash out of the EU without a deal. After a tumultuous week for Theresa May, the chances have risen that Brexit won’t happen at all

The political chaos in Britain may seem isolated from the EU. It isn’t. The fallout has diminished London’s once-important standing in Europe. Its geostrategic outlook and diplomatic skills once so highly regarded in Brussels and the other member states are no more. So much for taking back control

Britain, France, and the State of the EU

By: EBR | Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Social cohesion in many European countries is fraying as the impact of globalization and all its attributes undermine governing

As for Merkel, she is needed in Germany and Europe. She may be no strategist. But despite the pressures of realpolitik, she has consistently held a moral compass—be it on Russia, immigration, finding compromises among the EU’s bickering leaders, or holding the center

Don’t Write Off Angela Merkel or AKK

By: EBR | Monday, December 10, 2018

Just because she quit as party leader doesn’t mean that the German Chancellor has to be a lame duck

In order to «make its voice heard in a globalized world, Europe needs to keep its destiny in its own hands, since the ages that we could implicitly depend ourselves to others have passed away», Merkel declared. Creating real European soldiers, besides NATO, «we will prove that a war will never break out again among Europe’s countries»

Merkel: Nationalism and egoism out of Europe

By: EBR | Thursday, November 15, 2018

German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed Europe’s future with the members of European Parliament and the president of European commission Jean-Claude Juncker at the plenary session of European Parliament on Tuesday

Pappas, who is a close ally of the Greek premier, said the objective was to create a progressive alliance that will overcome the failed model of neo-liberalism, and push back the far-right, leading the EU towards a social and democratic model

Greek minister: Far-right rise in Europe needs a progressive federalism response

By: EBR | Friday, November 9, 2018

The election of Manfred Weber as the European People’s Party (EPP) Spitzenkandidat ahead of next May’s European elections confirms the right turn of the EPP, Nikos Pappas told EURACTIV.com on Thursday (8 November)

Europe: The psychological gap between East and West

By: EBR | Tuesday, November 6, 2018

The rift between Western and Central Europe runs deep. It is the result of different definitions of what the EU is and what it should be

Italy: The new Greece?

By: EBR | Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Is Italy’s crisis the new Greece? Is it just as bad? Or different? Could it take just as long to resolve it?

Never mind Europe's ageing, the EU should focus instead on the impoverished young

By: EBR | Tuesday, November 6, 2018

The European Union has rightly been chided for failing to develop a strategy on ageing, but where it has really fallen down is on younger people

Merkel’s Way Out

By: EBR | Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Angela Merkel’s decision to step aside as party leader and not run again as chancellor in 2021 may have surprising consequences

“New” Perspectives For Europe

By: EBR | Friday, October 26, 2018

I am invited to talk about New Perspectives on Europe, but new ones fail me, and the Trumpian decay afflicting even the core of Europe makes me seriously question my old perspectives

EU candidate Alex Stubb calls for net-zero carbon by 2045

By: EBR | Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Should he be picked as the European People’s Party (EPP) lead candidate for the European Commission’s top job, Alexander Stubb vows to “work towards a carbon neutral Europe by 2045”

Greece’s Alexis Tsipras: A remarkably solid politician

By: EBR | Friday, October 19, 2018

Alexis Tsipras admired Hugo Chavez. Then he became Greece’s Prime Minister. Now, he’s Washington’s good friend

Brexit grabs headlines but Asia-Europe ties also matter

By: EBR | Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Britain’s noisy, self-destructive withdrawal from the EU will dominate this week's agenda

German politics: It could have been worse

By: EBR | Tuesday, October 16, 2018

The centre-right CSU and the centre-left SPD lost the state election in Bavaria. This spells some trouble for Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU-SPD coalition in Berlin

Will Italy’s finances shake Europe?

By: EBR | Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Five Star leader Di Maio still has not learned that comments which may go down well during an election campaign can easily backfire for a senior politician in office

We must ease the cost burden on Millennials of integrating migrants

By: EBR | Tuesday, October 9, 2018

What is Europe's toughest challenge? Youth unemployment? Populism and Euroscepticism? The future of the eurozone and perhaps of the EU itself? It's none of these, worrying though they are

The EU needs a global leader, not a Spitzenkandidat

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 25, 2018

In years past, when the EU's future leadership was under discussion, the search was at least aimed at finding someone who could win worldwide recognition and respect

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