David Willetts: To thrive in a post-Trump world, British Conservatives must conquer their neurosis about Europe

David Willetts: To thrive in a post-Trump world, British Conservatives must conquer their neurosis about Europe

David Willetts was Conservative MP for Havant 1992-2015 and is now a member of the House of Lords. Friedrich Merz’s early statements after his party came first in the German election are tough, honest and fresh. He accepts that the election of Donald Trump has created new threats to Western security, and that Germany has a responsibility to help create a new security architecture. He is understandably angry about interventions in the German elec…

David Willetts: To thrive in a post-Trump world, British Conservatives must conquer their neurosis about Europe - Conservative Angle

David Willetts was Conservative MP for Havant 1992-2015 and is now a member of the House of Lords. Friedrich Merz’s early statements after his party came first in the German election are tough, honest and fresh. He accepts that the election of Donald Trump has created new threats to Western security, and that Germany has a responsibility to help create a new security architecture. He is understandably angry about interventions in the German elec…