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”.

Is The EU Doing Enough For A Hungry World? Asks Giles Merritt

Giles Merritt calls for a far stronger EU focus on streamlining Africa’s age-old…

Giles Merritt

Farm Policy Is A Dangerous Hot Spot That’s Also An EU Blind Spot, Writes Giles Merritt

Giles Merritt looks at the grievances turning Europe’s farmers and rural communities…

Giles Merritt

Election Lessons – A Tale Of Two Cities: Both Ducked The Issue Of Europe’s Ageing

Giles Merritt looks at the upsides and downsides of the French and British…

Giles Merritt

Forget Old-Style EU Aid To Africa, Concentrate On Energy And Food, Writes Giles Merritt

Giles Merritt examines criticisms of the EU’s new "Global Gateway" initiative and…

Giles Merritt

Why Europe Is Losing Africa To Moscow And Beijing, Writes Giles Merritt

Europe is retreating from Africa in what seems likely to be the…

Giles Merritt

It’s Time Europe Adopted A Tough ‘Containing Russia’ Strategy, Writes Giles Merritt

Giles Merritt assesses the wide breaches to the EU sanctions regime and calls…

Giles Merritt

Hard-Right’s EP Election Wins May Have A Silver Lining, Writes Giles Merritt

Giles Merritt ponders the implications of Eurosceptic successes forecast for next month’s voting…

Giles Merritt

Was Macron’s Sorbonne Speech An Unspoken EU Leadership Bid? Giles Merritt Asks

Giles Merritt looks behind the French president’s detailed analysis of the EU’s difficulties and discerns a potential…

Giles Merritt

Migration Will Decide The EU Elections: True Or False? Asks Giles Merritt

Giles Merritt examines the welter of conflicting opinions on the value of immigration…

Giles Merritt