Sanchez could try to get the help of Puigdemont but it will not be easy. He will have to make more concessions to Catalonia. A referendum or amnesty is not possible
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I do not think this is a protectionist strategy, I think it is realistic: if Europe gets excluded from tech supply chains, there is a real security risk
We must reduce Europe’s dependencies when it comes to technology and energy as well as defense. If we give up, we will depend on China for green technology and the US for defense.
The question is not whether European strategic autonomy is realistic or not, but whether we really have a choice – the French believe it is inevitable
Before President Duda announced his surprising decision not to sign the bill and to refer it to the Julia Przyłębska Court, the signals from the EC were clear: the KPO funds were up for grabs
The EU would then have a new instrument in the drawer. The question is whether it will dare to use it.
While Europeans previously viewed their project as post-national, they now acknowledge that the EU model is exceptional rather than universal
But the longer the war in Ukraine lasts, the more important it will become to ensure that European support remains acceptable for European citizens and convincing for Ukrainians
Pawel Zerka and André Wilkens explain how European sentiments have been tested by the Ukraine war
In the face of Moscow’s war in Ukraine, strong pro-European sentiment has been crucial to ensuring the continent’s solidarity
A new report by ECFR and ECF says that the EU needs to preserve and harness the pro-European sentiment
But the appearance of unity masks a brewing conflict over the soul of Europe: its conception of freedom