The bear in the room: François Fillon and the lurch towards Russia
No EU head of state has yet dared to break the EU’s consensus on Russian sanctions. Will François Fillon be the first?
National Politics
21 Nov
Trump presidente, ¿qué relación transatlántica?
ECFR celebró el jueves 17 de noviembre un debate sobre el futuro de las relaciones transatlánticas tras la victoria de Trump con Jeremy Shapiro, director de investigación de ECFR
The revenge of the countryside
Europe must narrow the gap between urban and rural areas, otherwise radical populists will continue to flourish in neglected communities
Putin’s friends in Europe
The upsurge of populism in Europe has provided Russia with an ample supply of sympathetic political parties across the continent
View from Sofia: In the shadow of elections
Bulgaria's Russia policy could go in any direction after 6 November
The world according to Europe’s insurgent parties
Douglas Carswell, UKIP MP for Clacton, discusses how Europe's foreign policy is being affected by insurgent parties
Hungary’s migrant quota referendum: Never let a good crisis go to waste
A likely ‘no’ vote in Hungary’s legally questionable referendum will provide ammunition for Orbán’s battle with Brussels
Will Europe’s bloody summer change migration policy?
With every terrorist attack, anti-migration parties will have a larger platform, but they will struggle to change policy
15 Jul
Nativism in Europe: Survey Results from across Europe
On 11 July, the Washington-based Pew Research Center released the results of a public opinion survey assessing degrees of nativism in 10 EU countries,…
Insurgents vs stabilisers: Spanish politics post-Brexit
The Spanish have spoken and dealt a blow to Podemos. The stabilising forces in government now have a last chance to take a stronger leadership role in the EU.