By defining legal limits, the Constitutional Court has forced the German government to reconsider its European policy – to make political decisions on Europe where it has the power to do so
Both national and European identity will be essential to forging foreign policy after the crisis – and to taking on competing claims from sovereigntists
Only one thing is certain about the post-pandemic world: there is no way back to the globalised economy that preceded it. Everything else is up for grabs, including the rise of China, the fate of the United States, and the survival of the European Union
Polish voters are strongly divided on European issues. An unfair election could intensify these disagreements, threatening to turn Poland into an increasingly problematic partner for other EU member states
By holding an election that violates fundamental democratic norms, Poland will slip further into the illiberal abyss
For Trump, coronavirus could be the right pandemic at the right time – supplying Republicans with the cover to stop voters turning out
Italy’s game of narratives around the covid-19 crisis poses a risk to the European project.
While recent agreements between Italy and Azerbaijan are economically significant, their political dimension is even more significant, especially as regards the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
An escalation of disagreements over the proposed Kosovo-Serbia land swap could take on a regional dimension and pose a security threat to Europe
European leaders and public authorities should call upon the government in Warsaw to postpone the presidential election on May 10