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Meloni was on her best behavior — now her mask is starting to slip

Meloni was on her best behavior — now her mask is starting to slip

The Italian prime minister and her fellow euroskeptics now want to “change” EU from within, extracting benefits while hollowing out its real spirit of unification.

July 22, 2024 4:00 am CET
Faced with Vance, it’s time for Europe to grow up
NATO’s false promises are encouraging misplaced Ukrainian hopes
Security and defense will have to rest more on Europe — and less on the US
Orbán: From dissident to Putin’s Hungarian boyar
Survey reveals surge in burnout and suicidal thoughts among ECB staff
The West’s biggest vulnerability is internal
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Unpacked

Democracy’s at risk, it’s time politicians stopped fibbing

Politicians and the truth have always been strained acquaintances, but faced with populist fabulists in our current post-truth era, is deception really the way to go?

July 8, 2024 12:25 pm CET
From Across the Pond

How Trump Republicans really feel about NATO

Like much the state of American politics itself, support for the alliance — though solid overall — is becoming increasingly polarized.

July 5, 2024 4:00 am CET

Macron’s gamble creates major fiscal headaches for the EU

There’s no politically easy way to find the fiscal space to address the challenges the EU faces. And France’s political realities now compound the problem.

July 4, 2024 4:01 am CET
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From stigma to support: Ending HIV in Europe by 2030 

With a new European Parliament and elections across the continent this year, campaigners are working hard to ensure the needs of people with HIV remain high on health agendas. 

July 3, 2024 5:00 am CET

Relearning lessons from the past: NATO and economic deterrence

There’s a growing need for the West to seamlessly integrate military deterrence with economic warfare once more.

July 3, 2024 4:01 am CET

Has the left jumped the shark?

Down in the polls, battered in elections and in many cases even deserted by the young, the progressive camp is bleeding support, while the right is on the rise.

July 3, 2024 4:01 am CET

Let’s be a bit more honest about what a ‘European identity’ looks like

Emphasizing Europe’s “Judeo-Christian” heritage and looking only to antiquity betrays the European project, excluding the various peoples and entities that shaped the Continent.

June 29, 2024 4:01 am CET
Unpacked

Farage let the cat out of the bag — NATO expansion was just an excuse for Putin

Putin was going to do whatever he wanted regardless of what NATO and the EU did or didn’t do — he would have just come up with another excuse to make war, another great lie.

June 28, 2024 4:00 am CET

Ozempic is running short and private clinics are to blame, says EU watchdog

The agency urged doctors to stop prescribing the drugs outside of their licenses to ease shortages.

June 26, 2024 7:32 pm CET

Ukrainian authorities face accusations of using the draft as a political weapon

“They can always threaten to ship you off to the front lines,” said an investigative reporter.

June 25, 2024 1:16 pm CET

Export controls on Russia might be working better than you think

The fact Moscow is so keen to discredit export controls may well be a clue that the measures aren’t ineffective.

June 24, 2024 4:00 am CET

A more humane approach to asylum is in Europe’s interest

In the coming years, there’s a real opportunity for fresh thinking that both protects those seeking safety and benefits newcomers and EU citizens alike.

June 20, 2024 4:00 am CET
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London could become the European capital of state-owned asset seizure

Madrid’s appeal looks like it will determine just how vulnerable other EU countries are to their valuable assets being targeted in the U.K.

June 18, 2024 4:02 am CET

Europe’s at risk of losing the global tech race

As this competition is ultimately a race for progress, wealth and geostrategic influence, its importance for the Continent’s future cannot be overvalued.

June 17, 2024 4:00 am CET

Europe presses US to lift Ukraine weapons limits

President Joe Biden has given narrow permission to strike Russia using U.S. weapons. But Kyiv and European allies are looking for more.

June 15, 2024 10:07 am CET

Time for Europe to deliver

Europe’s destiny must be to remain a beacon of peace, a thriving democracy where the rule of law is observed.

June 14, 2024 4:00 am CET

Let’s get to grips with the housing crisis — the young demand it

Incumbent leaders have largely failed to tackle key socioeconomic issues like the rising cost of housing.

June 13, 2024 4:01 am CET
Unpacked

EU election: Not enough will change — and that’s the real problem

The Parliament election is one more shrill alarm bell that needs to be heeded seriously by Europe’s mainstream establishment, and one that should prompt considerable soul-searching.

June 13, 2024 4:00 am CET
Beyond the Bubble

How Western shipping lines try to minimize disruption is of great interest to China

Beijing’s intrusion means Western shipping lines must make sure their crews aren’t just masters of the seas but also able to understand the world of state-linked espionage.

June 12, 2024 4:00 am CET
Unpacked

For King and country? Europe’s young may not be willing to fight

“The price of unchecked tyranny is the blood of the young and the brave,” Biden said at the Day-Day commemoration. But checking tyranny comes at a price — and one the West’s young don’t seem ready to pay.

June 11, 2024 4:00 am CET

It isn’t all bad news for Ukraine

Western allies are finally making good on their promises, handing Kyiv substantial economic assistance, weapons, security deals and now greater command freedom on the battlefield.

June 11, 2024 4:00 am CET

Former Poland PM: Europe’s impossible trinity

EU decision-makers want to secure all their objectives, everywhere, and do it all at once. However, their plans don’t reflect real-world realities.

June 10, 2024 9:00 am CET

Deforestation law risks pushing Indonesia toward China

However well-intended, the EU’s directive has particularly rattled producers in the Indo-Pacific region.

June 9, 2024 4:00 am CET

Chinese exports threaten Europe even more than the US

Biden is right to heed working class voters in Pennsylvania. The Continent, which has even more to lose from a second China shock, better start listening to its workers too.

June 7, 2024 4:01 am CET
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