Europe Articles

European and local elections are now upon us. While the ‘Europe question’ has dominated the news agenda for over a year, the elections themselves have taken a back seat. Most attention has focused on the United Kingdom Independence party rather than the European Union...

Dear minister of state for Europe, Congratulations. Or should I say felicitations, gratulation, felicitaciones or complimenti? Welcome to one of the worst jobs in the Labour government. It’s awful for two reasons. One is the relentlessness of the travel. Constant...

The EU offers a progressive vision for domestic and world politics, argues British Influence's Rachel Franklin This morning David Cameron launched the Conservative party’s European election campaign. What is most refreshing is that the European Union is finally making...

'Populism is now mainstream in right-wing politics'. That is the clear-sighted view of Gordon Bajnai, the former prime minister of Hungary who has emerged bloodied, but unbowed, from a brutal general election that was won by the right. It is an unashamedly European...