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Lionel Barber
14 December 2022
Putin’s bloody Christmas
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The deflated dictator is playing mind games with the west as his war in Ukraine lurches into a stalemate
Read the full article15 November 2022
Why the USA is thinking the unthinkable over a ceasefire in Ukraine
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The thought of appeasing Putin is terrible - but the men who could replace him might be even worse
Read the full article14 October 2022
Making Hunt chancellor is Truss’s last chance to save her skin
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The PM’s authority is in tatters after a series of blunders ended with her sacking close friend Kwasi Kwarteng
Read the full article26 September 2022
Trussonomics is dead already … strangled at birth by ferocious market forces
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The schoolboy errors in Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget have put the UK economy at risk and dealt the PM a self-inflicted blow from which she may not recover
Read the full article07 September 2022
Liz Truss, cartoon Mrs Thatcher, takes power
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Economic turmoil will test Britain's new prime minister
Read the full article16 June 2022
Mamil* versus mountains (*middle-aged man in lycra)
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Gear up for five European cycling epics
Read the full article22 March 2022
From these ruins, a new Europe is emerging
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Putin’s horrific aggression will prove a turning point in the history of our continent
Read the full article24 February 2022
We are all Ukrainians now
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Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine is a watershed moment. But the democratic West's response has been encouragingly robust
Read the full article01 December 2021
Brexit isn’t working…we will do our best to clean up the mess
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The new Commission for UK-EU Relations will propose solutions to problems caused by Britain’s botched exit.
Read the full article28 November 2021
Independent Commission formed as “Brexit isn’t working”
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Businesspeople, academics, journalists and a top trade unionist have formed a group with the purpose of repairing fractured UK-EU relations.
Read the full article16 September 2021
Germany’s start-up culture breaks the old stereotypes
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The country has a reputation for being tech- and risk-averse. But a new generation of entrepreneurs are proving that is no longer the case.
Read the full article09 September 2021
Are Michel Barnier’s hopes of beating Emmanuel Macron a grand illusion?
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As David Frost moans about the deal they both agreed, Michel Barnier is entering the race to be Franceʼs president.
Read the full article01 September 2021
America’s search for a new place in the world begins
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From 9/11 to Kabul, LIONEL BARBER charts two of the most pivotal decades in US history, a story not of a crumbling superpower but a chosen path to turn inwards, for better or worse.
Read the full article19 August 2021
The Republican runners and riders who could pick up Donald Trump’s mantle in 2024
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LIONEL BARBER considers the Republicans who might pick up the MAGA mantle and bid for the White House
Read the full article08 July 2021
The newspaper that created a new space in the media landscape
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Established a pop-up paper in 2016 due to last only four issues, The New European turns five this week. Former editor of the Financial Times LIONEL BARBER explains why it has found a niche and how it can help shape European debate
Read the full article15 April 2021
Is Volkswagen about to give Tesla a shock?
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The German giant caught in one of industry's biggest-ever scandals, 'Dieselgate', is now making its play to dominate the world of electric cars
Read the full article07 April 2021
Did Vladimir Putin win Cold War 2.0?
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When former Financial Times editor LIONEL BARBER was granted an audience at the Kremlin, Russia’s president proclaimed the end of the liberal idea. Was he right?
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