Spain’s new-found European destiny
Two views from our Council members on Spain’s new foreign policy direction under the new Socialist government
Refugee crisis
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.
Why a refugee deal with Libya is a bad idea
The Maltese plan is less about managing migration and more about reducing the numbers arriving in Europe at any cost
The EU’s migration policy in Africa: five ways forward
The European Union is not helpless in the face of migration flows from sub-Saharan Africa. Here is how it can act.
Seven worrying trends in the European refugee crisis
EU leaders could soon come to regret having crossed their fingers and moved the refugee crisis off the urgent pile in their in-tray
Stopping migration is impossible; managing it is smarter
Simple, practical solutions for the migration problem exist. Europe just needs organisation.
Reforming the Common European Asylum System
The political crisis surrounding the handling of refugee inflows in the EU has now reached a stage where there is too much bad blood for a “more of the same” approach to have much hope of working