
Will we ever be free of Brexit?
Fifty years after the first referendum, our relationship with Europe has twisted as much as it has changed.
ByReviewing politics
and culture since 1913
Find here the New Statesman’s collection of articles offering deep insights into the European Union, including its policies, institutions, member states, and critical issues shaping the future of this influential supranational organization.
Fifty years after the first referendum, our relationship with Europe has twisted as much as it has changed.
ByA lack of consensus on Israel has paralysed the EU.
ByThe EU can’t save us from high energy costs.
ByWith his talk of “ruthless pragmatism”, is Nick Thomas-Symonds the heir to Harold Wilson?
ByThe Conservatives are still haunted by their past failures on Europe.
ByThe common understanding agreement is as aspirational as it is skeletal.
ByThe government believes its opponents are on the wrong side of voters and business.
ByRemainer fantasies still have too much sway over the Labour Party.
ByThe far right will always be an impediment to strategic autonomy.
ByBuilding the union was never a “peace project”. But European hard power is now its leaders’ greatest priority.
ByKeir Starmer is right to pursue a “reset” with the EU. But he risks pleasing no one.
ByInterventions by Ed Davey and Kemi Badenoch show how the European question has been reopened.
ByThe billionaire’s attacks on the UK are part of a pattern of support for the hard right across the continent.
ByDuring its membership, the UK exerted a disproportionately strong influence on EU legislation, often in subtle ways.
ByAfter the ruin of war, Britain helped build Europe’s institutions. In an unstable world, they are once again vital for…
ByAdmitting ex-Soviet countries into the bloc is critical to Western security.
ByThe war in Ukraine has reached new global dimensions.
ByThe Union’s failures over Ukraine have damaged its reputation in eastern Europe.
ByCritics say the Commission is subservient to the radical fringes.
ByThe European Commission president has let a personal rivalry sour the relationship between Germany and France.
By