Smart power rhetoric: One reason for Erdoğan’s re-election
The Turkish leader has perfected his rhetoric during 16 years in power, maintaining control with an effective interplay of coercion and attraction
National Politics
The hazards of haste: EU migration policy under pressure
The 22 June migration mini-summit only underlined differences of national approaches to the crisis – but it will take creative thinking to solve it
4 takeaways from Turkey’s elections
From possible US sanctions to electing a new economic tsar, Erdogan has his hands full after Sunday’s elections
The EU’s decisive moment in Poland
The struggle for the rule of law in Poland has reached a critical stage – what will the EU do about it?
An “existential question” for Europe – or for Merkel herself?
Angela Merkel is in a race against time to fulfil a pledge for a new Europe-wide migration policy if she is to keep her conservative coalition together
Berlin’s new language of compromise
European politicians have made an abundance of normative speeches on Europe, but few on the politics of cooperation. German leaders’ recent interventions hint at a turning point in this trend.
Power words: Europe’s stake in the Macedonian name dispute
By actively supporting Macedonia and Greece to settle their name conflict, the EU could energise other countries of the Western Balkans to engage in democratic reforms, while also strengthening their economic outlook – and counter an assertive Russia
Ideology first: Italy’s troubled approach to migration
Far from leading to substantive reforms, Rome’s new line on immigration risks deepening the rift in the EU
Italy plays in the Penta League
Can the unlikely bedfellows of the Five Star Movement and the League really make government work?
Requiem for a democracy: the European Union and Orbán’s Hungary
The Damocles sword of Article 7 action has shown some success in tempering the Polish government’s illiberal impulses. The EU should now consider dangling it over Hungary too