Editorials

The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, more commonly known as the European Convention on Human Rights, has just celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary. Concluded in the aftermath of the Second World War to prevent the return of totalitarianism, xenophobia,...

Unlike the media-driven missteps of an incomprehensible American diplomacy, Europe is standing firm in the face of Russian aggression in Ukraine. It is Europe that is setting the pace of relations with the protagonists, despite the interference of an American president who, consciously or...

Not a day goes by without Europeans complaining about Europe. Depending on the circumstances, it is described as “divided”, “behind the times” or “powerless”. ‘And yet it moves,’ as Galileo is said to have told his judges about the Earth, whose...

In Western democracies, it is believed that a civilised society must constantly progress through rules for collective living. The concern to do the right thing means a proliferation of rules which in turn are becoming increasingly complex. And people often find them difficult to understand. There...