I think that if Europe is blocked today, it is not by the economy. Nor is it really blocked by politics. It is blocked by anthropology.
Pascal Lamy explains the situation in which Europe finds itself today
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In Davos we can see that everything has changed: politics is back in the driver’s seat, and geopolitics is increasingly determining economic and business prospects. Europe risks marginality
Mark Leonard comments on the role and future of Europe from the World Economic Forum in Davos
The EU got tired of the fact that China doesn’t take seriously its economic and security concerns: indeed, this Summit might be the most conflictual in terms of rhetoric
Law and Justice is threatening a radical change to the EU treaties that will not happen. But at the same time it makes it difficult for a future government to discuss the necessary reform of the Union
The key challenge for Europeans in their relationship with the US is the lack of a consensus on handling it, which impairs the development of a cohesive European foreign policy
Despite a wide consensus on the necessity to enlarge the EU, the majority of State Members is not yet in an advanced reflecting phase on how to concretely achieve it
Engjellushe Morina comments on the opening of enlargement negotiations for Ukraine and Moldova
Damage to submarine infrastructure is anything but rare: it is necessary to create a system of surveillance and protection shared among the States of the southern European border
Alberto Rizzi comments the damage to the Balticconnector pipeline and the geopolitics of critical infrastructures
It is important to have flexibility in terms of funding. She gave the messages that the Commission and the EP want to hear
Vessela Tcherneva commenting on the new Bulgarian commissioner in charge of innovation, research, culture, education and youth
The West should not forget that the front is in Ukraine and it is suffering both military and civilian casualties every day
Рафаел Лос в интервю за БНР
People mostly say that the risks and benefits are balanced, so they do not recognize that economic relationship with China as particularly risky and therefore requiring some rebalancing
