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).
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Kosovo conundrum
The world has seen far more handshakes and meetings between Pristina and Belgrade than in the first years after the...
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Published in: oDRThe 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.
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Published in: oDRPublish and be decapitated
In the West we talk metaphorically about ‘losing our heads;’ in Ukraine, it has been a state-ordained punishment....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Greece is not Weimar
The insistence by the British commentariat on seeing Greece through the eyes of their own need for Eurozone...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?How not to do diplomacy
The Gibraltar row between the UK and Spain is providing a masterclass in creating adversarial relationships. British...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBeauty and the Beast on Britain and Europe
The war of words over Europe in Britain cannot be called 'debate'. A former Europe minister examines two serious and...