Francisco de Borja Lasheras

The clash of European democracies

Europe needs greater political consensus and increased convergence or rapprochement between its different societies

Just what does Cameron want?

With so many interests group inside and outside the UK, how can Cameron satisfy everyone?

What Orwell would make of the Ukraine crisis

Moscow may end up controlling Ukraine in one way or another, but it has probably lost the hearts and minds of the Ukrainian people of the 21st century.  

Small Britain, Small Europe

The tensions revealed by the British elections are representative of Europe's wider dilemmas