Three years ago, as Britain left the European Union, the Guardian made a commitment to becoming more, not less, European.
It wasn’t just because of our strong opposition to Brexit; it was because being European is part of who we are. The Guardian has always been internationalist, open to the world and other cultures. We have been on the ground covering European affairs for more than 200 years. War, revolution, elections, cultural shifts, sporting heroism, social change – we have reported on it all, from the death of Napoleon to two world wars to the collapse of communism and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Brexit, then, was no time for us to retreat. Many of our biggest problems can never be fully understood if we are unable to see the bigger picture.
From our changing climate to our volatile global economy, from the pandemic to the energy crisis to mass migration, organised crime and the digital revolution, our most pressing challenges do not have borders. We cannot bury ourselves in a narrow national conversation and pretend we are impervious to external shocks, or that we have all the answers. » | Katharine Viner | Wednesday, September 20, 2023
