Dave Keating

The Brussels bubble says they're tired of US dominance, but then they fall over themselves to attend a gaudy Trump-praising anniversary party because they just can't quit their America addiction.

Glyn Morgan's new book traces Europe's 80-year illusion of independence, and warns we are entering a new era of more brutal American control.

The EU is becoming as strict with US tourists as America is for Europeans - and that's causing logistical nightmares at EU airports this summer.

While the Lyhanna case in France has exposed the shortcomings of a fragmented system for dealing with sexual violence against minors, Belgium stands

An Independence Day dispatch from Cobh, where my great great great grandfather set sail for the new world in 1860.

Dublin has taken over the rotating presidency of the EU Council as the sovereignty debate rages - an awkward position for a country whose economy is dependent on American big tech.

Yesterday Le Pen announced she will run for president while under house arrest, Farage triggered a by-election against himself, and the European Parliament moved to ban Weidel's political group.

The Reform leader's attempt to normalise corruption by referendum is already collapsing. Despite what we hear from the media, Europe has more antibodies to strongman authoritarianism than the US.

Europe has all the tools it needs to be free. But what has to change is this continent's psychology of subservience. I have hope that the younger generation is ready.

America doesn't only occupy Europe militarily and economically. When we say we want strategic autonomy, we should also be thinking about how to liberate the European mind.