Europe is coming apart at the seams

A catastrophe looms post-Brexit and the United Kingdom has chosen to lose its voice.

Europe’s democratic mask is slipping

At a time when Europe is coming apart at the seams, it is all the more unsettling to see the rise – not entirely unopposed – of right-wing populist parties.

Banishing the evil spirits of Europe’s past

Do we really want to go back to the dark ages?

Aylan Kurdi will be remembered for all the wrong reasons

Shock followed the publication in newspapers and on web sites of the photograph of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, who drowned after the boat in which he and his family were fleeing to safety capsized.

Asylum, migration, and the crisis in Europe

The grave situation facing refugees and economic migrants in Europe can only be resolved through the concerted actions of the very countries – and others – that precipitated the crisis.

Farage’s farrago: UK politics kippered

What price Nigel Farage and UKIP? Is he a charlatan or just a canny salesman trading on fear and prejudice?