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To live up to that challenge, Europe should urgently fix its diplomatic craftsmanship. There has been too much talk and too little action. On the crises in its most immediate surroundings, Europeans need to finally put skin in the game to earn a seat at the table. In Ukraine, it means substantially enhancing its military assistance to Kyiv while at the same time starting to discuss the parameters of a future peace settlement and the security order in Europe.

Reinventing European Diplomacy

By yielding to U.S. demands, Europeans risk becoming geopolitically obsolete. To be influential in the changing post–1945 order, Europe must enhance its diplomacy by upholding universal rights and values while meeting the needs of nations from the Global South

Bayrou runs the risk of having his budget for next year voted down in the parliament (the Assemblée Generale), which will cause the collapse of his minority government. The embattled centrist prime minister has only been in the job since December, following on the short-lived premiership of Michel Barnier.

PM Francois Bayrou’s ‘moment de verite’

France’s Prime Minister François Bayrou has proposed cutting two public holidays as part of a 2026 budget proposal to slash overall spending

Historically, services expanded precisely because human labor was needed to navigate informational asymmetries — such as those between patients and doctors, consumers and retailers or clients and legal advisors.Today, algorithmic systems can increasingly automate these tasks, diagnosing conditions, matching supply and demand and optimizing legal and financial transactions.

Are we navigating the end of the market era?

We are entering a data-driven world where democratic governance struggles to catch up with the hybridization of power between states, platforms and private data monopolies

This new U.S. budget law — and other accompanying acts by which the Trump administration tears the fabric of American society apart along color lines — underscore the fact that he and his team aims to bring about a wholesale reversal of the American social contract — weak as it has long been.

Donald Trump Vs. Pope Leo XIV: A Tale of Two Americans

What should Pope Leo XIV say about Trump’s draconian “One Big Beautiful Bill”?

Creeping annexation of the West Bank and resettling Gaza is nightmarish from a security perspective, morally calamitous and internationally isolating, turning Israel into a pariah.The third option, which is a single democratic state, will never be accepted by you, given the demographic equation and the prospect of Israel losing its control and ceasing to be a Jewish state.

Seizing the global momentum for a two-state solution

Israel, Palestine and the U.S. must act on global momentum for a Palestinian state.

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Reinforcing institutional safeguards — such as judicial independence, electoral integrity and legislative oversight — is equally vital. The EU’s pressure on Poland and Hungary demonstrates that progress is possible with sufficient political will.Finally, enhancing political literacy helps citizens see through demagoguery and distinguish empty slogans from substantive policy, making them less susceptible to authoritarian appeals.

Analyses

Reclaiming democracy: The dangerous playbook of modern populists

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Though populism can, in theory, amplify marginalized voices and energize democracy, it often becomes a tool for weakening democratic institutions

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This undeniable fiscal reality is often concealed by claiming that whatever the problem may be, it can easily be solved by just having “the wealthy” pay more into the system or including civil servants to finance it.But that would only buy a little time, because the problem is much bigger than that. Including new groups would exacerbate the problems, because in the future even more benefit recipients would have to be supported by fewer and fewer contributors.

Analyses

Dateline Germany: Why pension reform is key to stabilizing democracy

Friday, July 18, 2025

Why have young people not yet rebelled, organized themselves and gone on strike on the missing public pension reforms?

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The EU is capable of sudden and profound shifts once it commits to specific objectives. It is also capable of acting with determination. It created the Schengen Area for passport-free movement for citizens of many European states and managed to hold onto and even enlarge that area despite the 2015 migration crisis.

World

Betting on Europe

Thursday, July 17, 2025

The rift between Brussels and Washington raises questions about which side will emerge stronger. The Europeans are laying the groundwork to enhance their power and have already proved their ability to withstand epochal change

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"There were moments last week where I believe it was almost palpable that there was an agreement nearly in place, and really what needs to happen in the hours and days ahead is a renewed effort to arrive at an agreement that can protect jobs, can protect economic stability in Ireland, in Europe and in the United States."

World

US-EU framework trade deal was ’tantalisingly close’

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

A framework agreement on trade between the United States and the European Union (EU) was "tantalisingly close" before US President Donald Trump threatened to impose 30% tariffs on imports from the EU, Tánaiste (Irish deputy prime minister) Simon Harris has said

Nevertheless, these developments have not girded their loins. Spooked by Trump’s brutality, unpredictability, and volatility, Europeans have sought to placate him with promises to spend vast amounts of their scarce euros on American products. This will come at the expense of building more European security of supply and more industrial capacity—and hence more sovereignty and autonomy—while Washington regularly proves it is no longer as reliable as it once was.

World

EU’s claim to geopolitical power isn’t passing the Trump test

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Europe has become more dependent on the United States to appease Trump. To assert itself as a true geopolitical force, the EU must deepen ties with partners who value its reliable and diplomatic approach

The U.S. government is already running a lot of red ink, with a projected $1.9 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2025. However, the Trump tax cuts will increase the total deficit by 20% over the next 10 years.To put these numbers in perspective, in 2016, just nine years ago — before Trump’s first time in the White House — the federal deficit was a mere $500 billion. After Trump passed his tax cuts for corporations and wealthy individuals in 2017, the deficit jumped 80% to about $900 billion in one year. Although Congress increased spending on some programs, the tax cuts were the main driver.

Analyses

Government of the rich, by the rich, for the rich

Monday, July 14, 2025

Trump’s massive tax cuts are designed to wreak havoc in the already feeble social fabric of the United States

In a Europe short on heavyweight leadership, Meloni is emerging as the continent’s most potent political figure. Once dismissed as a fringe nationalist, Italy’s prime minister now holds a powerful position both at home and abroad, while her counterparts in France, Germany, Spain and the UK falter, building momentum and a reputation as the EU’s most stable and strategic player.

Analyses

Georgia Meloni: The lady of the hour

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

In a Europe short of leaders, the Italian Prime Minister is now fast emerging as the continent’s most influential leader.

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World

Latin America at the crossroads: Reviving nuclear leadership for a safer world

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Once a global leader in nuclear disarmament, Latin America faces a critical decision: Reclaim its moral authority or risk irrelevance.

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Fourth, by understanding the functioning of the global supply chain in combination with the ESG (environment-society-government) legislative framework that will necessarily lead to a new more resilient and sustainable operating model; and Fifth , with the changing nature of competition and market over-concentration. Competition is primarily about prices and is likely to lead to a reduction in profit margins but it is also about quality, service and the overall service provided to the customer.

Analyses

Τhe Retail market for 2025 and challenges for the day after

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Estimates for global retail turnover for the year are around $30 trillion and the contribution of e-commerce will be remarkable with over 25% of total turnover and with the dominant markets in e-commerce being those of North America, Asia and Europe

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But Donald Trump goes much further than that. He has argued for decades that the EU was created after the Second World War to “rip off” the United States.I know this is completely wrong. How so? Because, at the start of my career as a U.S. Foreign Service officer, I was assigned to European Affairs in the State Department from 1960 to 1962, working on European integration.

World

A century apart, two disastrous turns of U.S. policy toward Europe

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Former U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of CommerceWith Donald Trump claiming that the “EU is far nastier than China,” it is high time to take a closer look at U.S.-European relations.

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“Alongside the social and health implications, we must also consider that we want an agreement that ensures the viability of the pharmaceutical sector, which, as the second-largest export sector, makes a crucial contribution to the European economy,” he stressed.

Europe

Greek MEPs demand tariff-free trade in medicines as new deadline looms

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Greek MEPs Papandreou and Tsiodras warn that US pharma tariffs threaten health and supply chains, urging the Commission to react accordingly.

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Officials attempted to reassure themselves that all of that was a good thing because it was an implicit extension of what was agreed in Washington. But the lip service and shifting dynamics among allies toward Kyiv were clearly detected in Moscow. Where the Europeans were meant to bring the game-changing moves was through the French and British-led so-called coalition of the willing.

Analyses

Zelensky is the world’s loneliest leader

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky still has to constantly advocate for real military support, while Russia has escalated its attacks and benefits from more reliable supplies from its partners. To end the war, Europeans must bolster their support, agree on air defense strategies, and weaken Russia’s defense industry

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EU Actually

Von der Leyen wants an astronomical EU budget of 2 trillion euros

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The European Commission led by its president, Ursula von der Leyen, has once again shown its complete indifference to the economic situation in the EU member states

Europe

Europe’s 2040 climate target isn’t just for environmentalists

Europe’s 2040 climate target isn’t just for environmentalists

Europe can’t decarbonise the world on its own. But it must develop policies that work so that other nations can copy and adapt them

Business

To save the Single Market, bring back Delors’ 1992 playbook

To save the Single Market, bring back Delors’ 1992 playbook

Most people familiar with EU affairs know the single market is a myth. Hailed as the bedrock of the European Union, it was never completed and is now crumbling.

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