About: Charles de Gaulle
Behind the EU summit curtains: How Macron missed his De Gaulle moment
The ‘De Gaulle moment’ that many had speculated about before Wednesday night’s Brexit summit (10-11 April) did not come, but President Emmanuel Macron still lived up to the spirit of the post-war French leader by throwing his weight around the...
Why did such sadness accompany the Brexit letter?
The neo-Gaullist 'Brussels system', with its decisions made in private, is at the heart of British frustrations, writes David Heilbron Price.
EU turning 60 in 2017? Fake news!
In its first announcement of this year, the European Commission has started with patently obvious fake news, writes David Heilbron Price.
‘Dangerously complacent’ Europe unready for Trump or Clinton
European leaders have either underestimated the danger of a Donald Trump presidency or overestimated the level of continuity Hillary Clinton will bring, according to a new study by the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Obama and the European Union
European integration was an American idea. If the European Union falls apart, it is hard to see how NATO survives, even in its current state, writes George Friedman.