Caroline de Gruyter

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Caroline de Gruyter is the European affairs correspondent for the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad.

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There Is Life for the EU After Brexit

The political ballgame in Europe will change profoundly after Brexit. A clear realignment is already apparent as the dynamics between smaller member states, in particular, begins to shift.

  • Caroline de Gruyter
· March 23, 2018
How to Reset the Franco-German Balance

To increase its power in Europe and lessen German dominance, France needs to change itself and build a real European political union to underpin the euro.

  • Caroline de Gruyter
· May 5, 2017
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The Rise of Europe’s Antipopulists

Citizens across Europe are taking to the streets and the Internet to counter the Euroskeptic and anti-immigrant messages of far-right populists and nationalists.

  • Caroline de Gruyter
· April 25, 2017
A Dutch Election in a European Storm

Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right Party for Freedom, is unlikely to win the Netherlands’ upcoming election. But that won’t stop him from influencing government policies.

  • Caroline de Gruyter
· February 23, 2017
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Habsburg Lessons for an Embattled EU

Supporters of the EU should draw on the experience of the Habsburg Empire and speak up for European integration, especially in the face of rising populism in many EU countries.

  • Caroline de Gruyter
· September 23, 2016
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Migrants vs. Natives and the Death of Europe’s Liberal, Secular Consensus
June 14, 2016

Migration has tested the EU’s moral ground to the limits. What is at stake goes to the very heart of what it means to be European: a community of shared values, moral universalism, and liberal and secular consensus.

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Integrate Refugees With Help, Not Pity

Bureaucratic inflexibility is a bigger obstacle to the integration of asylum seekers than are the attitudes of local citizens. It is time Europe’s politicians took notice.

  • Caroline de Gruyter
· March 16, 2016
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Luxembourg, Europe’s Bellwether

European integration has made Luxembourg prosperous. But at the same time, the country’s ailments are often signs of a broader European malaise.

  • Caroline de Gruyter
· January 26, 2016
The Switzerland Fantasy

Politicians in the EU who claim their countries should leave the union and become like Switzerland are misguided. Quitting the EU will not restore lost sovereignty.

  • Caroline de Gruyter
· June 18, 2015
Farewell to a Gray Mouse

On December 1, Herman Van Rompuy steps down as president of the European Council. How will the calm, matter-of-fact Belgian be remembered?

  • Caroline de Gruyter
· November 28, 2014