Denis MacShane

Denis MacShane is a former UK Europe Minister. He wrote the first biography of François Mitterrand and appears regularly on French TV and radio. His latest book is Brexiternity. The Uncertain Fate of Britain (IB Tauris-Bloomsbury).

Tymoshenko: a matter for the people, not the courts

Yanukovych’s decision to authorise a Kafkaesque trial against Yulia Tymoshenko is proving to be his most counterproductive yet, writes Denis Macshane. Having created an unlikely heroine, and reduced EU integration from the hypothetical to the impossible, it is in Yanukovych’s best interests to ens

By Denis MacShane

/ 10 Oct 2011

Abkhazian Elections: Russia's pawn in Georgian game?

Abkhazia has gone to the polls to elect its third president. While the elections may provide an entertaining sideshow, there is little danger of them ever being legitimate or electing a truly independent voice, argues Denis MacShane

By Denis MacShane

/ 25 Aug 2011

The human organs of the Council of Europe: there is no evidence in the Marty report

Dick Marty's report to the Council of Europe reflects the unfortunate politicisation of that body by Russia since accession in 1995. Kosovan politics is not clean, but there is no evidence of organ trafficking by Thaçi. And Marty's judgement is clouded by his anti-American instincts. Christophe So

By Denis MacShane

/ 29 Dec 2010

Georgia's Promising Elections

The recent local elections in Georgia were deemed “free and fair”, but the opposition remains fragmented. Parliament is the proper forum for moving towards mature democracy, says Denis MacShane, but the world should not forget Georgia and its troubled relationship with its northern neighbour, Russ

By Denis MacShane

/ 9 Jun 2010

Italys centre-left and Europes future

The creation of the Democratic Party in Italy is a decisive - and exciting - turning-point in the history of progressive politics in Europe. For the first time in Europe

By Denis MacShane

/ 2 Oct 2006

Denis MacShane

Tymoshenko: a matter for the people, not the courts

Abkhazian Elections: Russia's pawn in Georgian game?

The human organs of the Council of Europe: there is no evidence in the Marty report

Georgia's Promising Elections

Italy&#146;s centre-left and Europe&#146;s future

Italys centre-left and Europes future