Kathleen R. McNamara

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The European Union has long been criticized as ineffective on foreign policy. But Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has created a crisis of epic proportions. Will it prompt the E.U. to finally come together as a real geopolitical power?

While it is still early, the E.U. is showing signs of new political resolve and unity in response to Putin’s aggression. The organization is implementing hard-hitting sanctions and offering military assistance to Ukraine, surprising those who have dismissed it as an irredeemable geopolitical weakling.

Our own research on political development suggests this moment has the potential to create a turning point in the E.U.’s…  Seguir leyendo »

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European leaders will convene via videoconference on Thursday for a European Union summit. It’s a big one — they will discuss proposals to cooperate on dealing with the economic and financial fallout of a pandemic that has hit its 27 member countries in strikingly unequal ways, with Southern Europe suffering the lion’s share of coronavirus deaths.

The result of this meeting may well be a defining moment for the future of the E.U. itself. Indeed, Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, has called it Europe’s “moment of truth.”

Continuing disagreement has not only limited Europe’s response but provoked unprecedented levels of anti-E.U. sentiment and reinvigorated Euroskeptic political parties across Europe.…  Seguir leyendo »

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It’s hard to reduce the results of the European Parliament elections that took place Thursday through Sunday across the 28 European Union member states to a simple takeaway. Of course, that hasn’t stopped pundits from warning that the populists are winning or claiming that the results were a clear victory for European liberal values.

But while the election did not produce any real consensus, its outcome is important. The vote starkly demonstrates the limits of traditional European parties and their policies — and the splintering and polarization of the electoral base across Europe. However, it also indicates a new, if disruptive, re-engagement by citizens in politics.…  Seguir leyendo »

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The endless turmoil of Brexit and its parade of missed deadlines were once again in the news this week, as E.U. leaders granted the U.K. yet another extension, until Oct. 31. Here’s one unexpected and less obvious outcome of the long Brexit saga: The European Union has gotten stronger.

After the jolt of the U.K. vote in June 2016 to leave the European Union, pundits and scholars alike predicted that the Leave vote might be the first wave of potential exits — Frexit, Nexit, Italexit, Grexit — and a likely death knell for the E.U’.s fragile experiment in governance.

Many analysts saw the Leave voters’ pushback against the E.U.’s…  Seguir leyendo »