Securitization and European Democracy Policy

Current geopolitical trends are pushing the EU to increasingly prioritize security in its international action and outreach, including on democracy policy. The EU should ensure that this ... Read More

Macron's Call for EU Defense Autonomy: Europe Must Not Be a 'Vassal' to US

Macron, in a moment that appeared almost prophetic, called out the fragility of the European Union, stating, “Our Europe, today, is mortal, and it can die.” A statement that underscored the urgency of ... Read More

“Our Europe can die”: Macron’s dire message to the continent

Seven years later, on April 25th, Mr Macron returned to the university with an altogether graver message: “Our Europe is mortal; it can die”. The underlying thread in Mr Macron’s long speech was one ... Read More

U.N.-EU report finds Europe warming twice the pace of rest of world

Europe saw its warmest year on record in 2023, both on land and sea, with climate change driving the rate of warming at double the global average, according to a new international report published ... Read More

EU should set 600 bln euro target for capital markets union-France

The European Union should set a target to raise 600 billion euros ($644 billion) in investments annually by the end of the decade by integrating its fragmented capital markets, French Finance Minister ... Read More

Think Tank reports on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine

To the question "How can the world ... Europe’s security and defence architecture; Russia’s revisionist and revanchist policies; the heroism of the Ukrainian people; Ukraine’s dependency on western ... Read More

Hezbollah launches deepest ever attack inside Israel

Hezbollah has launched a series of drone strikes against Israeli military bases, in its deepest attack inside Israel since the start of the war in Gaza. Read More

Facing another Zeitenwende. How Germany could react to a possible victory for Trump

The news that Donald Trump is almost certain to be the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee has sparked a debate in Germany about the country’s future cooperation with the US. At ... Read More