James Mates

Why aren't European health systems, also funded almost entirely by taxpayers, suffering from the same state of 'perma-crisis' as the NHS?

If this is a co-ordinated effort to woo German opinion, they should both expect some pretty strong headwinds.

Not only did the Greek refugee crisis not go away, it has continued to get worse while we were focused elsewhere, writes James Mates.

How did it get to this? And what will happen now? Sadly, there is no simple answer.

The new French President may have 'a key lesson for traditional, progressive, pro-EU centrists everywhere'.

Well that’s what I call a political debate! Minimum structure, no holding back on the insults, the moderators uselessly urging restraint .

The European Union summit will see leaders discuss the migrant crisis between Italy and Libya, defence and Nato, and Donald Trump.

Another leader is toppled and the European 'establishment' now stand in terror of voters with 2017 set to host a series of big elections.

There seems to be a growing suspicion among senior British politicians that the Europeans are not taking Brexit seriously enough.

The symbolic importance of Hungary's referendum on whether to reject EU migrant quotas is going to be huge, right across Eastern Europe.