William Glucroft

1 month ago | thebattleground.eu | William Glucroft

Now that Jeffrey Goldberg has received a lot of attention for sparking “Signalgate,” it’s a good time to reflect on his role in the broader continuum of liberal-conservative politics, which have devolved into Trumpism and its European parallels.

2 months ago | theparliamentmagazine.eu | Eloise Hardy |William Glucroft

Three elections in three years is a bad look for Portugal’s democratic stability. As seen elsewhere in the EU, it’s stirring up anti-establishment sentiment. Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro appears at a no-confidence debate in the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon this week. Portugal is set to hold its third snap election in three years, after a no-confidence vote caused its centre-right coalition to collapse this week.

Feb 26, 2025 | theparliamentmagazine.eu | Federica Di Sario |William Glucroft

The EU executive unveiled a host of measures on Wednesday to revive the bloc's industry, while recommitting to its climate goals. Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever (l) and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen (r) at an event in Antwerp, Belgium, to promote the Clean Industrial Deal. On Wednesday, the European Commission presented a raft of measures and recommendations intended to boost European industries and cut their greenhouse gas emissions.

Jan 7, 2025 | theparliamentmagazine.eu | Eloise Hardy |William Glucroft

As Donald Trump makes his return to the White House, his political stylings could galvanise nationalist movements in Serbia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina, hindering the EU’s hopes to incorporate them into the bloc. Serbian poster supporting Donald Trump near a portrait of the former Serbian prime minister and now president, Alexander Vucic, in Nov. 2016. For some in the European Union, the return of Donald Trump to the White House was dire news.

Jan 6, 2025 | theparliamentmagazine.eu | William Glucroft |Arno van Rensbergen

With Donald Trump's return to the White House, the European Union might see unexpected benefits. If the bloc plays its cards right, trade and defence policies could get a boost. The second coming of Donald Trump answers a question that many European officials have been asking since he was last in the White House: When it comes to America’s place in the world and its traditional role as the guardian of transatlantic stability, are his unorthodox views the exception or the rule?