Denis MacShane - openDemocracy

The spectre of President Le Pen haunts France

When he won in 2017 Macron was hailed as the new European leader who would stop the rise of the populist right. To win in 2022 he is adopting populist rightist nativist themes.

By Denis MacShane

/ 27 Nov 2019

The spectre of President Le Pen haunts France

Brexit will give neither Hitchens nor Mason the Europe they desire

We must avoid idealist visions of a post-EU continent.

By Denis MacShane

/ 25 Oct 2015

The left returns to an old love – saying No to Europe

It is the politics of Europe’s current rulers that must be challenged, not the UK’s membership of the EU.

By Denis MacShane

/ 15 Jul 2015

The left returns to an old love – saying No to Europe

It is the politics of Europe’s current rulers that must be challenged, not the UK’s membership of the EU.

By Denis MacShane

/ 15 Jul 2015

Reading Russia is never easy

While there are Putinversteher to be found everywhere in Europe there seem to be no Europaversteher in Russia. Where does this lack of understanding come from?

By Denis MacShane

/ 25 Jun 2015

Where is another Europe now?

Europe either hangs together or - as the American revolutionaries liked to point out - the nations of Europe will be hanged separately.

By Denis MacShane

/ 18 Apr 2015

Where is another Europe now?

Europe either hangs together or - as the American revolutionaries liked to point out - the nations of Europe will be hanged separately.

By Denis MacShane

/ 18 Apr 2015

The strange silence over Brexit

Despite the historic nature of a Brexit referendum, it has been worryingly absent during this election. Serious discussion in the press is almost non-existent.

By Denis MacShane

/ 9 Apr 2015

The strange silence over Brexit

Despite the historic nature of a Brexit referendum, it has been worryingly absent during this election. Serious discussion in the press is almost non-existent.

By Denis MacShane

/ 9 Apr 2015

The world has seen far more handshakes and meetings between Pristina and Belgrade than in the first years after the conflict. Is all this to be put at risk by Clint Williamson's part-endorsement of the Marty report?

By Denis MacShane

/ 30 Jul 2014

The Kosovo conundrum

The world has seen far more handshakes and meetings between Pristina and Belgrade than in the first years after the conflict. Is all this to be put at risk by Clint Williamson's part-endorsement of the Marty report?

By Denis MacShane

/ 30 Jul 2014

The Eurosphere is losing Ukraine

Ukrainians may have had high expectations, but the unpleasant truth is that the EU has offered them more than it can deliver.

By Denis MacShane

/ 9 May 2014