For now, the risk of EU states acting in random order seems not to be there. Instead, what Trump is doing with the tariffs is having a compacting effect for the EU
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Jeremy Cliffe argues that a new European core of countries is needed to steer the continent through Trump’s second term
The executive vice presidency to italy is very good news, and it seems to me that Ursula von der Leyen is advocating very strongly that Italy should be very well represented
Arturo Varvelli on the new European Commission and the appointment of Raffaele Fitto as executive vice president
With the current political situation in Europe, it is hard to imagine that countries like Hungary, Slovakia or Poland would agree to far-reaching changes, for example in the decision-making process
In their op-ed, Piotr Buras, Camille Grand, and Jana Puglierin explain why the ‘Weimar moment’ could make a difference in the geopolitical future of Europe
In order to achieve economies of scale that would ensure Europe’s economic security and defend its prosperity model, a radical change is required
The Right has positioned itself as the defender of the people, while those who wish to defend Europe seem to offer only a tradition of cosmopolitanism and common values in response
Lea Ypi analyses the winding gap between the European people and the political elite
The key challenge for Europeans in their relationship with the US is the lack of a consensus on handling it, which impairs the development of a cohesive European foreign policy
EU is now focused on sealing its external borders. Instead, it should have championed stability and economic growth in the countries of departure and transit, while creating regular migration routes
Arturo Varvelli analyses the politicization of the migration issue in UE between electoral deadlines and NGO’s criminalization
While Europeans previously viewed their project as post-national, they now acknowledge that the EU model is exceptional rather than universal
