You better bring a book – the start of the EU’s lengthy budget talks
Negotiations over the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021 – 2027 just have started. But as tensions and divergences between the EU member states are…
Cohesion & Governance
The end of the EU’s Brexit bounce
After years of watching the United Kingdom muddle through a political crisis while enjoying an unprecedented level of unity among themselves, Europeans now must prepare for darker days
Charm defensive: Macron and the Germans at the Munich Security Conference
To hope that German defence policy will become more French is equivalent to waiting for Godot.
The European Green Deal: A political opportunity for Italy
The Italian government sees the deal as not only the solution to an important challenge but, above all, an opportunity for Europe to become a key geopolitical actor
The slow death of ambition: German foreign policy after Kramp-Karrenbauer’s resignation
The grand coalition will continue to be a kind of caretaker government in its lack of a big foreign policy vision
Britain sets sail – into the dark
The odds that the UK and the EU will reach full, or even much, agreement within the breakneck timetable imposed by London do not look good
Counterfeit change: Lebanon’s new government
Even if the new government intends to introduce significant reforms, the elite will more than likely block any measures that challenge entrenched interests
Brexit eve: The slow burn begins
Democratic backsliding and constitutional crises could await if the wheels come off Boris Johnson’s Brexit bandwagon.
Final call: Macron goes to Poland
Emmanuel Macron should not shrink from addressing Poland’s democratic backsliding when he visits next week – and other EU leaders should quickly follow his lead
Why the UK will try to remain close to the EU
Having defeated both UKIP and Labour, the Conservatives can afford to be a little more moderate on Brexit