The good news is that the European Union as a whole is slowly coming back down to Planet Earth and bidding farewell to the perilous naivety of its earlier immigration policy

Yesterday was the tenth anniversary of the controversial 2015 referendum

As if handing out subsidies to creatures like that wasn’t bad enough, they were stealing them, too

Tempi still has its audience; it may be smaller than it once was, but it's still out there

If Turkey has decided to make life difficult for us, there’s an excellent way to respond: by making life difficult for Turkey, too.

In two landmark cases, justice has shown that it can do its job admirably without the suggestions of unqualified interested parties and without the involvement of bystanders and passers-by

While there is a point to Turkey’s participation in SAFE, the new financial instrument for supporting the European defence industry, it does not necessarily make sense. There is a point for those who want to see a larger European system in place. Because it will be made stronger by the participation of countries that aren’t […]

No rational person questions Israel’s right to defend itself, to protect its citizens and, of course, to exist. And everyone knows that, since its foundation, Israel has had to fight in defense of that existence many times. Tooth and nail, with bravery and sacrifice. It’s just that even the most justifiable war has rules. Which […]

The talks (real or supposed) between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul make for a truly disheartening spectacle.

I appreciate that there are two views on the issue of violence and the lack of security in Greek universities. The first is that the nation’s universities are paying the price for their prolonged neglect by the academic community, their governing bodies and students, the political parties, the police and successive governments. By absolutely everyone, […]

If every setback hides an opportunity, then the Trump administration may represent a chance for Europe. On the political level first. For better or worse, Euro-Atlantic unity has lost its momentum. From now on, the two sides will have to look out for themselves. Especially if the global economy’s post-war system is subjected to a […]

Mitsotakis' problem lies elsewhere and boils down to this: what will his opponents do on the road to the elections?

Is the 25-26 billion the government has announced Greece will be spending on armaments over the next 12 years too much or too little? If you’re Luxembourg or Switzerland, it’s probably a waste of money. But we’re Greece. And our neighborhood’s the same as it’s always been. With nothing reassuring in the air. It’s no […]

All the polls from the last few days point in the same direction. A slight improvement in the government’s numbers in first place. “Plefsi Eleftherias” improving its showing in second place. An ongoing fall in support for PASOK, though its position as third party doesn’t seem under threat. Everyone else is bringing up the rear, […]

The best response to an unstable and treacherous environment, and the clearest affirmation of a principled policy based on law, is results. Especially when they validate the principles and law that inform it.

No logical person can understand why Erdogan has started a new round of turbulence in Turkey by targeting the mayor of Istanbul. In what was (otherwise) a positive and significantly less tense situation for the Turkish president. His regime seemed to have stabilised and he wasn’t under pressure. The economy had largely levelled out, albeit […]

With the political and constitutional certainty that Greek Democracy has consistently proved its resilience in the face of pretenders, events, and the emotional responses they elicit. It has shown it will not succumb to opportunists.

For its part, though the government ultimately emerged unscathed from the parliamentary process, it was almost blindsided by an issue it had considered long since over and done with.

It’s time to pass the baton on to the Greek Parliament and, of course, the judiciary, which has been investigating the incident for two years.

The US-Russia rapprochement with the meeting in Saudi Arabia and the emerging developments concerning Ukraine pose a big question for the European Union. What do we do now? The choices aren’t infinite. Europe has welcomed the developments from a position of embarrassed weakness. NATO may have been enlarged with Sweden and Finland, but it’s clearly […]