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Jenkins voted for the UK to Remain within the European Union in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum]], arguing in ''The Guardian'' that leaving would provide Germany with dominance over the remainder of the union: "It would leave Germany effectively alone at the head of Europe, alternately hesitant and bullying".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/16/german-dominance-remain-eu-referendum-britain-votes-stay|title=I fear German dominance. That's why I'm for remaining in the EU|first=Simon |last=Jenkins |date=16 June 2016|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=27 July 2017}}</ref>
In March 2024, Jenkins wrote critically of [[NATO]]'s growing recklessness in the [[Russo-Ukrainian War|conflict in Ukraine]] as it "reached predictable stalemate", fearing the war would "run out of control". Jenkins argued that Western Europe had no interest in escalating the war by supplying longer-range missiles, and its interests lay in seeking an early settlement and rebuilding Ukraine. He argued the "crass ineptitude of a quarter of a century of western military interventions" should have taught us lessons to be applied in this conflict.<ref name=guardian-20240305>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/05/nato-ukraine-russia-germany-military-leak |title=Nato is growing reckless over Ukraine – and Russia's German military leak proves it |last=Jenkins |first=Simon |newspaper=The Guardian |date=5 March 2024 |access-date=5 March 2024}}</ref>
In May 2024, following the [[2024 United Kingdom local elections|local elections]], he wrote calling [[Directly elected mayors in England|metro mayors]] a "farce of local democracy" advocating their abolition.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Simon |date=2024-05-06 |title=England's metro mayors make a farce of local democracy. They must be scrapped |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/06/england-metro-mayors-local-democracy-local-politics-keir-starmer |access-date=2024-05-08 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
===Books===
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===Public appointments===
Jenkins served on the boards of [[British Rail]] 1979–1990<ref name="Cornwall Lecture"/> and [[London Regional Transport|London Transport]] 1984–1986.<ref name="Cornwall Lecture"/> He was a member of the [[Millennium Commission]] from February 1994 to December 2000,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.millennium.gov.uk/about/commissioners.html|title=Millennium Commissioners|publisher=Millennium Commission|access-date=5 December 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330011140/http://www.millennium.gov.uk/about/commissioners.html|archive-date=30 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and has also sat on the
In July 2008, it was announced that he had been chosen as the new chairman of the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]]; he took over the three-year post from [[Proby baronets|William Proby]] in November of that year.<ref name="Guard2">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/jul/03/heritage.conservation|title=Writer Simon Jenkins to chair National Trust|author=Kennedy, Maev|author-link=Maev Kennedy|date=3 July 2008|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=1 May 2010}}</ref> He remained in the post until November 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2014/06/27062014-national-trust-chairman-tim-parker/ |title=National Trust appoints new chairman |first=Simon |last=Stephens |website=[[Museums Association]] |date=27 June 2014 |access-date=2 December 2020}}</ref>
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*Simon Jenkins (1979) ''Newspapers: The Power and the Money'', Faber, {{ISBN|0-571-11468-7}}
*Simon Jenkins (1981) ''Newspapers Through the Looking-glass'', Manchester Statistical Society, {{ISBN|0-85336-058-8}}
*[[Max Hastings|Sir Max Hastings]] and Simon Jenkins (1984) ''Battle for the Falklands'', M Joseph, {{ISBN|0-7181-2578-9}}
*Simon Jenkins and Anne Sloman (1985) ''With Respect, Ambassador: Enquiry into the Foreign Office'', BBC, {{ISBN|0-563-20329-3}}
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