The historic challenge for Friedrich Merz is to help build a Europe that can stand on its own two feet
Media mentions – ECFR London
In his column, Mark Leonard argues that Donald Trump’s return marks the start of an anti-Davos age
Europe’s democracies need to be less transactional with each other but, acting together, more transactional with the great and middle powers of this Trumpian world
Timothy Garton Ash on ECFR’s new polling report, Alone in a Trumpian world
The economy, defence, migration… there’s a European element to all of this, making EU relations important for the whole government agenda
Don’t expect there to be a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow. China is not in a position where it is going to be investing large amounts money in the UK
When the argument that we must “be pragmatic” is the first to be put on the table, principles – memory, responsibility, care for vulnerable people, you name it – have already been suspended
Lea Ypi on British interest in the migrant pact struck between Italy and Albania
Rather than picking low-hanging fruit, the government seems to have opted for targets that are neither low, nor particularly juicy
Anand Menon comments on the UK government’s cautious ‘reset’ with the EU
Netanyahu’s ideological preference is for displacing Palestinians and eviscerating their rights, alongside pulling the US more actively into a regional clash with Iran
