To be fair the length of suitable Belgian coastline is considerably less than the French, but the most important thing is to slash/puncture the boats. Do this often enough, the message spreads, potential migrants are dissuaded, the demand dries up and the gangs are out of business.
Globally there is one incumbent who not just won a convincing re-election but whose performance in that re-election has proven frankly masterful. Who is it? Ursula von der Leyen.
Once again, the intolerant partnership of Islamists and progressives joined forces to attack peaceful conservatism and sanitise evil in a major European city.
The attempt to shut down the National Conservatism conference in Belgium is a clear-cut case of abuse of power that has exposed a disturbing attitude towards freedom of expression and assembly.
Priti Patel’s ultimate victory won’t be merely if Australia-style Rwanda flights ever take off. It will be if Labour sends them.
Rushed policy generally can do just as much harm as cigarettes in the long run – and, sadly, seems almost as addictive to politicians as nicotine.
A Brexit-enabled tweak to the Solvency II regulatory requirements would allow mortgage backed securities to be less capital intensive, making them more attractive to pension funds.
In the geo-political battle of ideas, between an open, liberal vision of government and society, and a more authoritarian template, the continent, overwhelmingly, is in the right column.
The European Parliament is not a Parliament at all. Clarity never arrives. All is opaque, an endless subterranean wrestling match, for the irrelevant voters intolerably dull.
The pandemic has destroyed the idea that macroeconomic problems can be solved by throwing more stimulus at things.
Policymakers should be asking themselves whose quality of life worsens thanks to the current unplanned mess.
These are two major dangers to indefinite restrictions. One relates to immunity, and the other is around how long people can cope with them.
It seeks to define education settings as essential infrastructure alongside other premises such as power stations, hospitals and food retailers.
A rush to normalise relations with Russia would be a grave, historic mistake – one that Europe and the world will pay for dearly.