Editorials

The coalition of the willing, comprising 37 states, is organising military manoeuvres on Ukraine’s borders (the ‘Koalicja’ exercise), the European Political Community, with its 47 members, is meeting in Dublin for the ninth time, and Europeans are marking the end of the fighting...

American voters have dealt a severe blow to their president. In truth, he has gone far beyond what is acceptable in a democracy. Arbitrary behaviour, corruption and incompetence have characterised the first two years of his second term. The punishment was unequivocal, severe and stinging. His...

The debate on debt is normal and healthy, except when it takes on late-stage self-destructive overtones. The accumulation of debt is not evidence of moral failing, but merely of poor management, which can therefore be easily rectified. People scoff at Italian or French public debt whilst turning...

Leo XIV received an exceptional welcome in France. And his speeches caused quite a stir. The one in Metz, centred on the work of Robert Schuman, struck a chord with its commitment to European unification. Quoting entire passages from the declaration of 9 May 1950 and the European treaties, the Pope...