While the new vehicle for resentment of Southern Europe remains unlikely to play a role in Germany’s new government, even a modest showing at the polls could have ripple effects down the line.
The spat is a microcosm of the beef between Cameron, who faces broad skepticism in the British electorate of needy Southern European economies and the loss of independence that comes with membership, and E.U. elites who clearly believe he is pandering to the lowest common denominator.
A fig leaf to populist conservatives flirting with the U.K. Independence Party, albeit one that the P.M. expects to be derailed, pleasing much of the British right.
The new government announces plans to hold a referendum on joining a 27-member body whose brand has taken a steady dive since 2008.
Perhaps it should come as no surprise that Angela Merkel, punching bag of populist pols across the continent, was on the receiving end of a nasty joke.
The drama that greeted UKIP leader Nigel Farage in Scotland puts into sharper focus the limitations of the party’s appeal.
This massive political problem will require his total attention for the next two years.
Facing a revolt from the right, Britain’s prime minister insists on seizing the center.
The divide over Britain’s role in the E.U. that ended her political career is testing her Conservative Party’s new leader David Cameron.
Polls have steadily shown that a majority of his constituents favor jumping ship, frustrated with pesky regulations and costly bailouts for needy neighbors.
