Don’t Panic About Macron’s Falling Popularity
The president is changing France, and fast. No wonder he is making enemies.
Nick Ottens
Nick Ottens is a public affairs officer for the Dutch Animal Coalition and a board member for Liberal Green, the sustainability network of the Dutch liberal party VVD. He is a former political risk consultant and a former research manager for XPRIZE, where he designed prize competitions to incentivize breakthrough innovation in agriculture, food and health care. He has also worked as a journalist in Amsterdam, Barcelona and New York for EUobserver, NRC, Trouw, World Politics Review and Wynia’s Week, among others.
Kavanaugh Nomination Erodes Supreme Court’s Legitimacy
If Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed, it could destroy what remains of the Supreme Court’s legitimacy.
Rome on Collision Course with European Allies, Financial Markets
The government’s spending plan would see Italy’s debt and deficit rise rather than fall.
Christian Democratic Lawmakers Rebel Against Merkel
Parliamentarians oust the chancellor’s ally as their group leader.
Why Republicans Are In a Hurry to Put Kavanaugh on Supreme Court
This may be their last chance to defend the conservative majority on the Supreme Court.
EU Doesn’t Budge on Brexit
The EU still refuses to separate its “four freedoms” and makes clear that Britain cannot go over Michel Barnier’s head.
Thanks to Republicans, the Next Economic Crisis Will Be Worse
A poorly-timed stimulus, trade disputes and restrictions on immigration could make the next crisis worse.
Don’t Bet Against Pedro Sánchez Yet
The Spanish prime minister has a knack for defying the odds.
How to Interpret the Collapse of Bavaria’s Christian Democrats?
If they were wrong to mimic the far right, what does that mean for conservatives elsewhere?
So Much for the “Vanguard” of American Conservatism
Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal, Scott Walker and Mitch Daniels were once the future of the Republican Party.
Leaders Are Not Their Countries
Criticizing a president or a prime minister is not the same as condemning an entire people.
Catalans Demonstrate for Independence on National Holiday
The day has become an occasion for mass demonstrations for Catalan self-determination.
Three Reasons Liberals Need to Look Left, Not Right, for Allies
Free marketeers now have more in common with social democrats than they do with conservatives.
Spain’s Socialists, Podemos Eye Deal
With the support of the far left, Pedro Sánchez could potentially stay in power until 2020.
American Left Must Not Create Its Own Stab-in-the-Back Legend
Republicans told their voters for years they couldn’t trust their own leaders. See where that led them.