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A Brexit reset?
By Philippe Legrain - Mar 02,2023
LONDON — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won the December 2019 general election on the promise that he had an “oven-ready deal” to “get Brexit done”.
Can anti-EU populism survive Putin's war?
By Philippe Legrain - Apr 20,2022
LONDON  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine is a momentous tragedy, above all for Ukrainians, but also for people across Europe and around the world.
Populism after Trump
By Philippe Legrain - Nov 17,2020
LONDON — Before he was US president, Donald Trump built a reality-television persona on the catchphrase, “You’re fired.” Now, the American people have fired him. And Trump’s defeat has also dealt a devastating blow to nationalist populists in Europe and elsewhere.
Europe rescues itself
By Philippe Legrain - Jul 26,2020
LONDON — After four days and nights of tough negotiations and many painful compromises, European leaders have reached a deal on a groundbreaking 750 billion euros ($868 billion) recovery fund.
Lagarde is the right choice
By Philippe Legrain - Jul 06,2019
LONDON — The choice of Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a former French finance minister, to succeed Mario Draghi as president of the European Central Bank (ECB), is controversial.
Is immigrant-bashing a vote winner for the left?
By Philippe Legrain - Jun 17,2019
LONDON — Is a hard-line position on immigration the key to electoral success for Europe’s beleaguered centre-left? Denmark’s Social Democrats certainly think so.
The EU’s China conundrum
By Philippe Legrain - Apr 18,2019
LONDON — Europeans cannot agree on how to handle a rising China. While European Union leaders were gathering in Brussels recently to discuss a more assertive common approach, Chinese President Xi Jinping was visiting Rome.
Auf wiedersehen, and good riddance
By Philippe Legrain - Nov 05,2018
LONDON — She has been dubbed the “Queen of Europe” and, since US President Donald Trump’s election, the leader of the free world.
Overcoming the politics of pessimism
By Philippe Legrain - Jun 14,2018
LONDON — A big reason why Western politics is in such disarray is voters’ pessimism about the future.
The twilight of Angela Merkel
By Philippe Legrain - Nov 23,2017
Amid all the crises and upheavals that have battered the European Union over the past decade, one fixed point has been the stolid, stable government of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.But following the collapse of talks to form a new coalition, Merkel suddenly seems mortal.While

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