The country’s Prime Minister is a classic cakeist – berating the EU on the one hand, but not seeking to leave on the other.
By seeing off Le Pen and electing the most ideologically pro-EU president since Giscard d’Estaing, France has changed the game.
Politicians like Geert Wilders who want to ban the Quran and who treat all Muslims as “the enemy within” are doing ISIS’s work for them.
With growing problems at home, many member states are at odds with the Commission’s punitive line on Brexit.
He is a talented populist and looks set to do well in next week’s Dutch election. The question is what he will do then.
Are we seeing a convulsion as great as 1968 – or even 1848?
One historical study has found that, on average, authoritarian parties surge by around 30 per cent as the economic consequences play out.
The UK is one of the biggest gainers from EU membership.
When it comes to bans and bars from Britain, circumstances count. But there should always be a presumption in favour of freedom.
Will the UK get a deal? Much depends on whether other European governments or the EU Commission take charge on the other side of the table.