View from Berlin: Keep calm and carry on
Bratislava should be modest in rhetoric and look to develop coalitions for security and growth initiatives
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View from Rome: Europe is alive but needs to kick
Bratislava is the perfect opportunity for Europe’s leaders to live up to their responsibilities in delivering concrete responses to Europe's challenges
View from Stockholm: Brexit and the future of Europe
Sweden has much to lose from a hard divorce
View from Sofia: A Single-Issue agenda sidelines longer-term concerns
When the future of the EU is discussed in Sofia, keeping the four freedoms intact takes primacy over any desire for a cultural counter-revolution
View from Warsaw: the Polish riddle
It is less about concrete policy ideas than an overall strategy towards the EU: will it take a pragmatic position or pursue an ideological path?
European defence: More smoke, but will there be fire?
There are plenty of ways Europe can improve defence co-ordination – if its leaders truly want to move down this path. The determining factor will be political will in national capitals
Stopping migration is impossible; managing it is smarter
Simple, practical solutions for the migration problem exist. Europe just needs organisation.
Hungary’s migrant quota referendum: Never let a good crisis go to waste
A likely ‘no’ vote in Hungary’s legally questionable referendum will provide ammunition for Orbán’s battle with Brussels
The EU’s game of musical chairs
Europe needs to deliver on its strengths rather than on some people’s dreams. And it must stick to its principles in its negotiations with London while also delivering a new deal with the UK that will be palatable to European business interests
The UK government’s Brexit strategy: What we know so far
Theresa May seems to be looking for a compromise around freedom of movement in order to retain access to the Single Market