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Tony Barber

Europe editor

Tony Barber is Europe Editor of the Financial Times. He is a former foreign correspondent in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Poland, the former Soviet Union, the US and the former Yugoslavia.

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    May’s Brexit legacy is a bitterly divided UK

    PM failed to compromise until it was too late to make a difference

  • Thursday, 11 July, 2019
    Brexit Briefing
    No crumbs of Brexit hope from new EU leaders

    The chances of more generous terms for the UK are almost non-existent

  • Thursday, 11 July, 2019
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    Europe must learn to expect the unexpected

    Increasing political fragmentation makes coherent EU policymaking even harder

  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2019
    ReviewHistory books
    The Great Cauldron by Marie-Janine Calic — history of the Balkans

    A panoramic look at the region dispels preconceptions and restores its place in Europe

  • Thursday, 27 June, 2019
    Brexit Briefing
    Brexit puts the survival of the union at stake

    Lack of concern for Scotland among London-based English politicians presents dangers

  • Thursday, 27 June, 2019
    Italian politics
    Dysfunction in Italy has deep roots

    Public administration and judicial reforms would support investment and raise productivity growth

  • Friday, 21 June, 2019
    Brexit Briefing
    Tories engulfed by a strident English nationalism

    A survey shows majority of party members are willing to break up UK for sake of Brexit

  • Friday, 21 June, 2019
    FT SeriesSummer Books 2019
    Summer books of 2019: History

    Tony Barber selects his mid-year reads

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  • Thursday, 13 June, 2019
    German politics
    Ambitious reforms in Germany are long overdue

    The grand coalition formula has reached the end of the road

  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2019
    Brexit Briefing
    Tory leadership contestants drugged on Brexit

    Candidates are making ever wilder promises about leaving without a deal and tax cuts

  • Thursday, 6 June, 2019
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    Does a Canadian nightmare await the Tories?

    In Canada’s 1993 election, the ruling Progressive Conservatives collapsed from 156 seats to two

  • Friday, 31 May, 2019
    Person in the News
    Jens Weidmann, the German candidate to run the ECB

    The Bundesbank boss once backed economic orthodoxy but has shown signs of flexibility

  • Thursday, 30 May, 2019
    Brexit Briefing
    UK’s no-deal debate ignores the EU

    Brussels will never tamely accept a Brexit driven by domestic UK political matters

  • Thursday, 23 May, 2019
    Brexit Briefing
    May attracts derision in UK, pity and mockery in Europe

    It is fascinating to compare British and continental assessments of the UK prime minister

  • Thursday, 23 May, 2019
    Populism in Europe
    Europe’s diminished far right still poses a threat

    Mainstream parties should be alert to the risks of sharing power with populists

  • Monday, 20 May, 2019
    North Macedonia
    Opinion: Renaming of North Macedonia a rare Balkan success

    Accord over Former Yugoslav Republic highlights crucial role of Greece in region’s stability

  • Monday, 20 May, 2019
    Special ReportInvesting in Greece
    Alexis Tsipras: ‘We need more reforms’

    The Greek prime minister says why he deserves another term to continue the progress he has made in leading his country out of a crisis

  • Monday, 20 May, 2019
    Special ReportInvesting in Greece
    Businesses in Greece await positive prospects

    Opportunities for Greek companies have become more attractive, despite heavy-handed bureaucracy

  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2019
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    EU’s vanishing Brexit copycats

    UK’s loud pro-Leave movement is odd man out in Europe, not the norm

  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2019
    Balkan Peninsula
    The EU must not cut the Balkans adrift

    Broken promises on membership will undermine moderates and reformers in the region

  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2019
    European Union
    Five books that look at the future of Europe

    EU citizens will soon elect a new European Parliament. Here’s what to read to understand the issues at stake

  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2019
    ReviewHistory books
    Germany’s place in history — as seen by its rulers

    How the aims of the nation’s leaders cast fresh light on a period from the 1600s to the Nazis

  • Wednesday, 8 May, 2019
    Brexit Briefing
    European elections may turn Brexit on its head

    UK involvement could upset Brussels’ policymaking and play havoc with long-term relations

  • Wednesday, 1 May, 2019
    Brexit Briefing
    The EU’s least favourite Brexit cocktails

    October 31 deadline is already looking in need of an extension

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