Ill will: Populism and the coronavirus
Sooner or later, the coronavirus will be gone. In the meantime, it will test Europe’s resilience against not just epidemics but misinformation and scapegoating
Rethink:Europe
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…
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 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
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
Spain’s new culture war
The inauguration of the most fragmented parliament since 1978 will usher in a period of culture war centring on national identity
How grassroots democracy can cure the ills of central Europe
A new “Pact of Free Cities” is launching to combat populism, promote transparency, and tackle the climate crisis
28 Nov
« Une proposition pour une nouvelle architecture de sécurité européenne »
Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à une table ronde en présence de Jeremy Shapiro, Pierre Vimont et Sylvie Kauffmann
After the Berlin wall: How Germany became a greater Switzerland
Berlin has turned punching below one’s weight into an art form. This is not good enough, either for Germany or for Europe
Germany at the helm: Can it bring Europe together in 2020?
The German presidency offers the chance to build on strong levels of structural cohesion between member states – but citizens remain sceptical on some fronts