Paul Taylor
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Past articles by Paul:
EU’s leadership couple is sleeping in separate bedrooms
Blaming Merkel — the knee-jerk response by Scholz’s government — isn’t going to help repair the ailing marriage. → Read More
How to fight — and how not to fight — stagflation
Targeted support, deferred pay raises and energy savings offer the best route. → Read More
Europe can help prevent disaster in outer space
Unregulated junk and debris threatens a chain reaction of collisions. → Read More
After the French presidential election, the deluge
In a country with a long tradition of taking to the barricades, another popular revolt is highly likely. → Read More
Inside Vladimir Putin’s head
Paranoid megalomaniac or rational actor? The Russian president’s mental puzzle. → Read More
Never mind Merkel! The EU’s not doing so badly
The recovery fund, the COVID-19 response and joint borrowing all show that Europe is progressing. → Read More
More migrants, please
The EU should be working out how to attract immigrants, not how to send them home. → Read More
Boris Johnson’s phony sausage war
The UK has a long history of picking pointless fights with Brussels. → Read More
Two options for Europe’s coronavirus economy: Bad or a lot worse
Despite the arrival of the first COVID-19 vaccines, the outlook for 2021 is gloomy. → Read More
Turkey’s year of belligerence
Europe needs to work with Washington to set clear red lines and offer incentives for better cooperation. → Read More
Any Brexit deal is better than no deal
Even a skinny, minimal trade agreement is better than a crash-out. → Read More
Why Europe, not Trump, should buy Greenland
The island is not for sale, but targeted assistance to the mineral-rich territory could help the EU achieve strategic autonomy. → Read More
How to rescue Belarus and Europe’s ‘gray zone’ from Russia
Take NATO and EU membership off the table in return for ending frozen conflicts. → Read More
Terrorists and organized crime will be the winners of a no-deal Brexit
UK risks major security losses if Brexit talks break down. → Read More
Macron needs an economic miracle to save his presidency
The coronavirus pandemic puts 2022 in play for far-right leader Marine Le Pen. → Read More
Israel: The annexation nation
Formally incorporating West Bank settlements would mean the end of the Zionist dream. → Read More
Merkel’s milestone moment – POLITICO
German chancellor writes herself into EU history by embracing common borrowing and European solidarity. → Read More
Snake oil, quackery and deglobalization
Voodoo pandenomics is no quick cure for coroanvirus crisis. → Read More
The revolt of the white-haired
Expect the ‘twelderly’ to rebel against indefinite confinement in coronavirus purgatory. → Read More
Coronavirus crisis: How to win the second half
The EU had a rough start in its fight against the pandemic, but it has time to rally. → Read More