Editorials

The heads of state and government meeting in Cyprus have made reference to Article 42.7 of the Treaty on European Union, which establishes a mutual defence clause. This provision has only been invoked once, and that was by France following the terrorist attacks of 2015. It is binding because it...

We knew that America’s attention had turned to China, which is challenging its primacy, but we did not realise that the Trump administration hated Europe to such an extent. Claims over Greenland, insults, provocations, discriminatory tariffs, abandoning Ukraine, support for Eurosceptics, a...

The resounding and unequivocal rejection of Viktor Orbán on Sunday extends far beyond Hungary’s borders. An ‘illiberal’ regime has been defeated, but with it has also gone a Eurosceptic narrative masked by a veneer of patriotism. One cannot reap the long-term benefits of...

Marco Rubio, formerly a senator and a man of reason, once pushed through a law in the US Congress obliging any president wishing to withdraw from NATO to secure the support of at least two-thirds of the Senate. Suffice to say, that is not about to happen. Nevertheless, the US president is stepping...