Germany’s New Power of the Purse
Berlin's firmer line on Turkey confirms Germany's status as a major economic power
European Power
Lessons for the Left
The parties of the European Left have still to establish clear positions on the nativist vs internationalist debate that defines contemporary politics
Europe in the German federal elections: What do the manifestos say?
Here we compare the parties’ positions on the four core EU policy domains: common security and defence, migration, financial, and trade policy
Lonely at the top
Running the United Nations is a lonely job for António Guterres – and he seems to prefer it that way.
Poland: The importance of being president
As rifts appear in the ruling camp, the turmoil in Poland is far from over
Countering online radicalisation
Part of the solution is to rely on the internet’s most essential strength – its vast army of ordinary users
Poland’s political crisis: what consequences for Europe?
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with Wawrzyniec Smoczyński, the founder and editor in chief of the magazine Polityka Insight, about the political crisis that shakes…
A one-two punch to the rule of law in Poland
There now seems little that can stand in the way of the Law and Justice party’s subjugation of the judicial system
EU-Japan Agreement: Good news on the long road to a deal
For the EU, the EPA would demonstrate its ability to deliver concrete results despite the numerous crises it faces.
Fellow travellers: Russia, anti-Westernism, and Europe’s political parties
Anti-Western elements, exploitable by the Kremlin, exist not only on the fringes of European politics, but reach right into the heart of established parties