Jan Zielonka is Emeritus Professor of European Politics at the University of Oxford and Visiting Professor at the University of Warsaw. He is also Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges. His latest book is The Lost Future and How to Reclaim It (Yale University Press, 2023).
The transnational crises of our era demand European solutions, yet national leaders cling to sovereignty games that leave citizens vulnerable and searching for scapegoats.
Europe’s democracies are failing their youth as short-sighted policies prioritise the needs of older generations, leaving young people without a voice or a future.
Liberals across Europe seem happy: President Mattarella has prevented populists from taking over the Italian government and averted another Euro crisis. Their joy will be
