What lies beneath: How climate change could aggravate problems that reach Europe’s shores
The Sahel would benefit from new multilateral institutions that head off instability by addressing the problems of environmental stress in the region
Migration
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
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
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
How to Save Europe
Keynote speech at ECFR's Annual Council Meeting in Paris 29 May. 2018. Check against delivery.
Blocked arteries: The EU’s problem with African integration
Encouraging regional integration could improve economic diversification and economic security in North Africa, while encouraging the regional labour migration that has long helped sustain the Sahel and West Africa
Climate-driven migration in Africa
The total absence of European policies to address climate-driven migration from Africa is deeply concerning
Escaping from Tunisia
Explaining the recent spike in migration from Tunisia to Europe
Tackling the new consensus on migration
For ambitious and principled EU leaders, here is how to re-set the debate on migration at the European Council
Italy’s u-turn on migration: Polls come first
The facts provide a compelling counter-narrative to wild claims of an 'invasion' of migrants. But Rome has taken the easier route and bowed to public pressure to restrict migration.