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Ukraine needs an estimated €137bn over the next two years to cover both its military and its public services, and the EU plan is to cover two-thirds of that.

EU agrees €90bn loan for Ukraine but without using Russian assets

European Union leaders have struck a late-night deal to lend Ukraine €90bn (£79bn; $105bn) over the next two years, after failing to agree on using frozen Russian assets.

Firms across the world have been changing their production lines and investing billions as governments try to persuade people to drive greener cars to meet environmental targets.

EU waters down plans to end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035

Current rules state that new vehicles sold from that date should be "zero emission", but carmakers, particularly in Germany, have lobbied heavily for concessions.

Romania hosts key command-and-control structures and has become a permanent pillar of the Alliance’s southeastern posture. In defense-industrial terms, that matters: long-term security relevance translates into long-term industrial confidence.

Why Romania Is the Next Defense Factory of Central and Eastern Europe

Step by step, Romania embedded itself into some of the most demanding industrial supply chains in the world, delivering at scale for German, French, American and Turkish manufacturers.

As of the latest published results (Q2 2025), the euro area’s general government gross debt-to-GDP ratio reached 88.2%, up from 87.7% in the previous quarter. A similar movement was observed across the EU, where the ratio rose from 81.5% to 81.9%, indicating a continued, albeit modest, increase in sovereign debt levels.

Decoding Europe’s Debt Puzzle

As we approach the final days of 2025, we find ourselves closer to 2050 than to the year 2000 - a realisation that, from a time perspective, feels both unsettling and fascinating!

The six state that EU competitiveness has seriously deteriorated. This would be the direct result of Brussels decisions taken during Commissioner Frans Timmermans ‘reign’ on the basis of ideology rather than facts’.

Six EU countries demand revision of climate policy: ‘Ideological dogmatism harms our industry’

Six European heads of government have called on Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to review the current EU climate policy.

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Chávez’s death in 2013 briefly opened space for reassessment, but suspicion endured. Donald Trump’s first presidency removed any remaining ambiguity, recasting Venezuela as a criminal state and openly discussing regime change.

World

Venezuela’s Crisis Is No Accident: How Oil and Intervention Shaped a State

Monday, January 5, 2026

How Chávez’s unfinished revolution, U.S. interventionism and strategic oil politics culminated in the 2026 capture of Nicolás Maduro.

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The Bondi Beach massacre and the Manchester attacks are stark reminders that antisemitism is not confined to online rhetoric or political debate. It manifests in real-world violence. Treating it as a fringe problem, or dismissing it as mere “political criticism”, is dangerously complacent. European governments must recognise antisemitism as a national security concern.

Analyses

Bondi Beach shootings: Antisemitism the Canary in the Mine for Europe

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Growing violence against Jews, chants of “global intifada”, bias at the BBC, and Eurovision boycotts all highlight a broader erosion of European liberal values.

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Protracted conflicts have a tendency to acquire their own momentum: A dysfunctional status quo persists unless and until someone decides to spend political capital and break the deadlock. Cyprus is one such example—and one in which the EU effectively wrote itself out of conflict resolution when it invited one of the disputing parties, the Republic of Cyprus, to join the union in 2004.

Europe

Trump’s Peace Lessons for Europe

Tuesday, December 16, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump’s claims to have ended eight wars may be debatable, but his peace efforts raise valid questions. Europe can learn lessons from Washington on how to break the deadlock in protracted conflicts.

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Integrating new and emerging capabilities into joint planning and agreeing with their American counterparts on clear, consistent strategic messaging should be priorities for Europe. Without this alignment, mixed signals could inadvertently undermine deterrence efforts.

Europe

Unpacking Europe’s Deterrence Dilemmas

Thursday, December 11, 2025

The debate on the future of European deterrence has intensified, as NATO allies seek to balance three key aims. Going forward, they will need to cooperate more deeply to craft a coherent strategy for confronting new threats.

Referring to a recent EU Barometer survey about a vast majority of EU citizens that want more support to social economy, President of Social Economy Europe Sarah de Heusch underlined that “social economy is not a care and repair economy but a fully-fledged economy that works”.

Management

Ethical finance promotes peace, sustainability and solidarity not war

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

The European Federation of Ethical and Alternative Banks and Financiers (FEBEA) has warned that “the future of Europe cannot be built on the "financialisation of war”.

Europe’s first and most obvious vulnerability is its over dependence on the US security umbrella—a longstanding source of irritation in Washington dating back to the Obama presidency.

Europe

Europe Must Stop Whining and Start Winning

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Trump’s new National Security Strategy is rewriting the rules — Europe now must decide if it’s a player or a pawn.

The NSS calls on Europe to take “primary responsibility for its own defense, without being dominated by any adversarial power.” That possible adversarial power is not stated.

Analyses

Europe Needs to Hear What America is Saying

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

The Trump administration has slammed the EU’s political and social policies, which it claims are undermining Europe’s identity. The stark language of the new U.S. security strategy helps Europeans to recognize new realities and to devise their own response.

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The overpowering role of the U.S. economy, if run by a nationalist, is similarly harmful to much of the world. Maybe there are workarounds, but they too are longer term and meanwhile it is what it is. 

World

From a Rule-Based World to a Ruler-Based One?

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

How the erosion of the rule of law is reshaping global order.

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India is the world’s third largest consumer of crude oil and has been buying large volumes from Russia. That wasn’t always the case. Before the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, only 2.5% of India’s oil imports were Russian.

Analyses

Oil, defence and geopolitics: Why Putin is visiting Modi in Delhi

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Putin’s visit to Delhi is coming at a crucial time for Modi and India’s global ambitions.

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Government, civil society, the education sector, healthcare professionals and other duty bearers should work together to build community awareness about the harms and legal consequences of child marriage and provide comprehensive support for survivors and those at risk.

World

The Climate Crisis is a Threat Multiplier for Girls

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

The challenge is to initiate measures to strengthen the protection, participation and visibility of women and girls within the realm of climate policy.

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Next June, the EU’s new Pact on Migration and Asylum comes into force and will spearhead a drive to boost expulsions of the half-million people ordered to leave every year

Europe

The EU’s message on migration is wrong and short-sighted

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Giles Merritt questions the EU Commission President’s focus on border security when the greatest threat is Europe’s growing shortage of manpower

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In his address, Prof Klaus, one of Europe’s most prominent and outspoken critics against what he calls “arrogant green activists,” spoke out against the “official doctrine of men-made global warming.”

Europe

Former Czech President to head up climate sceptic group

Monday, December 8, 2025

Václav Klaus, the former President of the Czech Republic,has taken over the presidency of a foundation that questions the causes of climate change.

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Six EU countries demand revision of climate policy: ‘Ideological dogmatism harms our industry’

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Six European heads of government have called on Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to review the current EU climate policy.

Europe

Why Romania Is the Next Defense Factory of Central and Eastern Europe

Why Romania Is the Next Defense Factory of Central and Eastern Europe

Step by step, Romania embedded itself into some of the most demanding industrial supply chains in the world, delivering at scale for German, French, American and Turkish manufacturers.

Business

EU waters down plans to end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035

EU waters down plans to end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035

Current rules state that new vehicles sold from that date should be "zero emission", but carmakers, particularly in Germany, have lobbied heavily for concessions.

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