After the EU Elections
Those that don’t follow rugby, or don’t live in Australia may perhaps have missed the affair surround comments posted by Waratahs and Australia star player Israel Folau on social media.(...)
Germans and Antisemitism
“Their decision was racist,” my attorney said. “There was no legal basis to deny you permanent residency in Germany.”(...)
Theresa May as Katechon
Though the chimes of Big Ben, looming over the Palace of Westminster, are silent, the bell has finally tolled for Prime Minister Theresa May.(...)
From UKIP to the Brexit Party
Two politicians and their entourage walked into a West London pub for a quick pint only to find themselves arguing with a bunch of wild-eyed Trotskyists.(...)
Rehearsing Diversity at Eurovision
The hosting of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest against the backdrop of the Israel-Palestine conflict was always going to be controversial.(...)
Looking For a Better Europe
Elections for the European Parliament begin Thursday and predictions of doom and gloom are the order of the day. And why not?(...)
Nigel Farage Looks for New Markets
The Brexit Party is the new vehicle for Nigel Farage’s populist project to reshape British politics. And it looks set to smash UKIP and the Conservatives.(...)
The Anna Momigliano Interview
Few countries occupy as difficult a place in European news as Italy. Only reported on when there’s an economic crisis or a tabloid-style story about its flamboyant political leaders — read Silvio Berlusconi, or, Matteo Salvini — Italy screams out for more considered coverage.(...)
Poland Battles With Its Past
“You must come to Auschwitz. I go there once a year, with a group of third-generation Holocaust survivors.” Blond-haired and blue-eyed, in his late thirties, I found it hard to place him there.(...)
Germany’s Orbán Problem
European politics makes strange bedfellows. Take the European People’s Party (EPP), for example, the coalition of centre-right parties, which has good chances of winning the highest share of votes in the upcoming EU elections.(...)