Giles Merritt

Founder of Friends of Europe and author of a new book entitled “People Power: Why we need more migrants”, wants to “ring an alarm bell and try and wake people up to the need in Europe for more people”.

Four Blunt Messages Europe Needs To Send To Trump, Writes Giles Merritt

Europe’s leaders need to send some blunt messages to Donald Trump in…

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Trump Hasn’t Left NATO, Instead He’s Trashed It, Writes Giles Merritt

Giles Merritt says that while not withdrawing from NATO, Trump’s pro-Putin stance risks…

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Boost Europe’s Defences, But Not Against Imagined Kremlin Attacks, Writes Giles Merritt

Giles Merritt finds future Russian invasion scenarios unconvincing, but warns Europe’s vulnerability is…

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To Combat Ageing, Europe Must Revolutionise Its Democracies, Writes Giles Merritt

Giles Merritt warns that older voters’ ‘silver stranglehold’ in national parliaments risks condemning…

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Back To Basics For An EU That Will Face Make-Or-Break Perils, Writes Giles Merrit

Giles Merritt warns that 2025 opens a perilous quarter-century in which the EU…

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The Draghi & Letta Reports: Surgeons Without A Scalpel, Writes Giles Merritt

Giles Merritt looks at the two X-rays of the EU’s ailing industrial…

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Trump’s Win Must Hasten A European Commission Rebranding, Writes Giles Merritt

Giles Merritt urges the new European Commission to seize on Trump’s election…

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Europeans Ignore The Need For Migrants At Their Own Peril, Writes Giles Merritt

He says anti-migrant electoral victories bring a new political toxicity underlining the need…

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To Soak The Rich, The EU’s Rival Taxmen, Writes Giles Merritt

Giles Merritt says that EU governments’ frantic tax-raising tactics need to focus…

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