EU is not a fortress, and must never become one

The lamentable triggering of Article 16 reminded us that the single market’s borders are already formidable – there’s no need to build them higher

The EU must be open to people, capital, goods and services from all over the world

It is a little over five weeks since Britain severed its remaining ties with the European Union, and the costs of Brexit are plain to see. A swathe of Irish exports to the EU now go through Rosslare, whereas until last December they would have gone via Britain and the Channel Tunnel. The ports of Dover and Calais are drowning in paperwork. Northern Ireland is marooned in the halfway house between the British market and ...