Although originally an American phenomenon, nativism has become central to the understanding of the contemporary radical right. They arrived by the thousands in the mid-1750s, immigrants from Württemberg, the Palatinate and Switzerland. Often...
The decision to opt for Brexit was based on a deep-seated wish to assert an English sense of identity. It is very hard to predict where the Brexit negotiations will end — or indeed if they will ever really end. UK public opinion is shaped by...
Theresa May has given a long-awaited speech on the UK’s plans for Brexit, but there is still a long way to go. On March 2, British Prime Minister Theresa May delivered a key speech on the United Kingdom’s future relationship with the European...
In this edition of The Interview, Fair Observer talks to the EU commissioner for economic and financial affairs, taxation and customs, Pierre Moscovici. President Donald Trump’s election marked a new turn in US-EU relations. It is an...
George Soros, the man who “broke the Bank of England,” has a reputation for breaking and toppling. In some sense the two big events of 2016 — the UK’s Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump — have put the idea of meddling at the...
