The investment effort required by climate action, whether for France or for the EU, is roughly equivalent to 2% of annual GDP
Jean Pisany-Ferry assesses the cost for France and the EU to meet their climate commitments
The investment effort required by climate action, whether for France or for the EU, is roughly equivalent to 2% of annual GDP
Jean Pisany-Ferry assesses the cost for France and the EU to meet their climate commitments
We in the west need to understand that obviously, this is not charity because Ukraine is fighting for us. They are fighting for our liberty and the European security architecture.
Finland’s foreign minister Elina Valtonen counters claims that Ukraine has failed to show gratitude for western support
[To Ukraine], the EU seems more generous and accessible than NATO, with a clearer procedure. And, for the time being, it is helping to ward off the idea of a war that will never end.
There is a real risk that rightwing, populist parties will latch on to the “greenlash” and surge back in the polls
Nathalie Tocci explains why signs of a green backlash are surfacing, as citizens and businesses start feeling the costs of the energy transition
Defence of [the Nordic and Baltic] region is so much easier if you can co-ordinate efforts, plans and command. You can achieve much greater deterrence if you combine efforts.
So as long as those countries who want to join the alliance are not allowed to when they feel threatened, then I think that the whole [Euro-Atlantic security] picture is not complete
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas comments on Ukraine’s accession to NATO
In Vilnius, the [NATO] alliance could turn the tables and signal to Russia’s leadership that any Russian shelling of civilian facilities in Ukraine will result in concrete Western responses
Wolfgang Ischinger offers three suggestions on how to sustainably strengthen Ukraine’s security
The common agricultural policy reinforces the push towards economies of scale, monoculture and industrialisation and takes too little account of the broader negative impact of intensive agriculture
Kathleen van Brempt comments on the industrialization of agriculture and its consequences for nature, food supply and climate
As the Ukrainian offensive gains speed, more and more of the rot at the core of the Russian army and the Russian state is being exposed
Bruno Maçães reveals what Ukraine knew about the Wagner mutiny
The erosion has begun, also because responsibility for the war and the country’s failure is now inextricably linked to one name: Putin