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Full coverage: Europe

The intermingling of politics, business and internet culture has gone hand-in-hand with the trollification of political discourse

The far-right’s leading position in Austria illustrates the global trend also emerging in Germany and could shed light on possible European futures.

Fergal Lenehan
18th Jan, 2025 - 7 min read

Thomas Hubert: Ireland bridged the transatlantic gap on corporate tax. Regulation is a bigger challenge

Europe is reeling from the Draghi report, which pitches heavy business regulation against competitiveness. In this new race with the US, Ireland wants to carve out a niche again.

Thomas Hubert
30th Oct, 2024 - 6 min read

Are the French heading for a Liz Truss moment?

French bond rate spreads could blow out if Emmanuel Macron’s high-risk election gamble doesn’t work out. This time, the euro is safe, however.

Peter Kinsella
19th Jun, 2024 - 6 min read

Stephen Kinsella: European solutions, migration, and the paradox of Sinn Féin

Trying to balance strict border controls with a duty to treat asylum seekers humanely seems nearly impossible with a right-learning parliament. Should they come to power, Sinn Féin will have no choice but to deal with these realities.

Stephen Kinsella
9th May, 2024 - 6 min read

A familiar tax tiff for Harris at first EU summit: Rewinding the week that was

Separate EU attempts at corporation tax harmonisation and capital markets integration are nothing new. The suggestion that they might be linked is, but it didn’t seem to stick.

Thomas Hubert
21st Apr, 2024 - 5 min read

EU regulation is becoming a divisive issue. Let’s make it an election issue: Rewinding the week that was

Do you have strong views on the Nature Restoration Law, the MiFID directive or GDPR? Just vote.

Thomas Hubert
31st Mar, 2024 - 4 min read

Good Nazi, bad Nazi: As Europe’s politics moves towards the far right, its cinema engages with its fascist past

The Zone of Interest's Oscar win put the spotlight on Germany's difficult relationship with its past, but this is just one of many films exploring ordinary Nazi complicity across the continent. In its own way, Ireland is next, writes Fergal Lenehan in Leipzig.

Fergal Lenehan
30th Mar, 2024 - 12 min read

Europe’s Nature Restoration Law may be imperfect but nature needs it to continue supporting our lives

New EU legislation to protect and restore huge swathes of the region within very strict deadlines has managed to get through a number of stages in Brussels. It now faces its final hurdle in the European Council, where the opposition is mounting.

Tara Shine
29th Mar, 2024 - 6 min read

Europe’s regulation fetish has gone too far and it’s now hurting productivity and competitiveness

Brussels has a passion for regulation across a huge range of sectors from tech to finance and everything in between. However, there is a growing body of opinion that the policy is doing more harm than good.

Peter Kinsella
27th Mar, 2024 - 7 min read

Germany leads the moral uprising as the ghost of fascism casts its shadow across Europe

Germans have taken to the streets in mass protests against the far-right AfD party. There is now a growing need for a widespread pro-democracy coalition throughout Europe including Ireland, Fergal Lenehan writes from Leipzig.

Fergal Lenehan
17th Feb, 2024 - 7 min read
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