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Delors’ drive to abolish national barriers and streamline intra-European trade revitalised a European integration project becalmed in the doldrums since the 1970s. To ensure most of his 300 measures would get onto member states’ statute books by his 1992 deadline, he took a British-inspired ‘pragmatic’ approach.

It’s time to emulate Delors and fight for Draghi & Letta reforms

Giles Merritt recalls the heyday of Delors’ combative style that transformed the single market from dream into reality, and urges a repeat performance.

Brussels faces a choice: continue criticising from the sidelines, or work with Washington to shape a viable peace plan. Embracing common ground would send a powerful signal that the West is united, pragmatic, and determined to end the war.

Brussels Must Act: Back the Trump Ukraine Peace Plan

Europe must move past its objections and recognise how closely its vision aligns with Washington.

Since the Netherlands recognised same-sex unions in 2001, a number of other EU countries have followed suit, but others, such as Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, have not.

Same-sex marriage must be respected throughout EU, top court tells Poland

Poland has been told to recognise same-sex marriages registered elsewhere in the European Union, in a ruling by the EU’s top court.

Western governments are mostly bowing to Trump’s bullying and adapting their priorities given their correct conclusion that the United States is no longer a reliable strategic partner. Accordingly, several of these governments are boosting defense outlays and cutting foreign aid spending.

Rising Global Dangers and European Silence

The failure of leading Western European governments to stand up against Trump’s outrages poses exceptional dangers.

The US has long maintained that taxes on digital services - which typically charge levies on revenue from streaming or digital advertising companies above a certain size - unfairly target American firms.

US presses Europe on rules for big tech companies

Europe should "reconsider" its rules for big tech companies if it wants to see lower US tariff rates on its steel and aluminium exports, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said.

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As European partners grapple with questions about future U.S. commitment to the continent’s defense and seek to build greater capacity of their own, Turkey sees involvement as a way of gaining a voice in these efforts.

Analyses

Turkey Stakes its Claim in the Ukraine Peace Process

Friday, November 28, 2025

Turkey is positioning itself as a key player in a postwar reassurance force for Ukraine, especially in the Black Sea. But Ankara’s relationships with Moscow and Washington mean it faces a tough choice.

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“What Sudan needs now is an immediate end to hostilities, full humanitarian access, and a credible path back towards democracy. Europe must step up its humanitarian support for the Sudanese people and remain unwavering in demanding accountability for all violations of international and humanitarian law."

World

Sudan in line for fresh EU humanitarian aid

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

The European Commission has announced that it will provide €35m in humanitarian aid to war-torn Sudan.

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Forecasting provides warnings, and preparedness ensures they translate to effective action. The role of the National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) is to use meteorological, seismic and hydrological forecasts to create actionable strategies and transform past lessons into preparedness

Management

Taiwan: Disaster Prevention and Advanced Warnings

Monday, November 24, 2025

Taiwan’s contingency model links real-time coordination, high-tech forecasting and local volunteers for swift action.

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Out on the waves, where freedom of navigation is a golden rule, the ability and appetite of coastal countries to intervene is limited, even though the risk they face is escalating.

Europe

On the front line of Europe’s standoff with Russia’s sanction-busting shadow fleet

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Out on the western Baltic, a coastguard officer radios a nearby, sanctioned oil tanker. "Swedish Coastguard calling… Do you consent to answer a few questions for us? Over."

As Russia is not legally entitled to the interest generated on the assets, Europe began transferring approximately $6 billion in windfall profits to Ukraine in 2024. The G7 devised a further $50 billion Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA) loan based on the expected future value of earned interest.

Analyses

Time for Europe to Break the Bank on Ukraine

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

With U.S. aid largely discontinued, European leaders have no choice but to unlock Russia’s sovereign assets in order to keep Ukraine afloat. Only a long-term military and financial commitment can help Kyiv prevail.

The Bataclan attackers were young men of mainly North African origin, recruited in Belgium and France, trained in IS territory in the Middle East, who then returned to Europe hidden among a vast flow of migrants.

Europe

France remembers Bataclan attacks but knows enemy has not gone away

Friday, November 14, 2025

Just as France marks the 10th anniversary of the Bataclan massacres, another reminder has come of the permanence of the jihadist threat.

Turkey’s willingness to open the border and normalize relations, is key to breaking Armenia free of its current geopolitical bonds. But Ankara still moves cautiously toward this, out of deference to its ally Azerbaijan—even though most analysts, inside and outside the country, argue that it is in Turkey’s strategic interests to act now, while the opportunity is there and Russia is still distracted in Ukraine.

Analyses

Armenia’s Election Is a Foreign Affair

Thursday, November 13, 2025

As the 2026 Armenian election approaches, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is facing fierce opposition from both Russia and the diaspora. He will need the help of Europe, the United States, and regional neighbours to advance his ambitious foreign policy.

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Throwing more money to combat regional ‘desertification’ may not be the answer. Research in Germany challenges the effectiveness of development finance, arguing that each euro spent through the EU’s cohesion policies generates little more than an additional euro in economic growth.

Europe

Neglecting its poorest regions risks being a fatal EU mistake

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Giles Merritt warns against halving cohesion funds in the new MFF when hard-hit rural regions flock to support the populists’ disruptive messages

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Mamdani ran a formidable campaign, remaining relentlessly positive and using his communication skills and social-media reach to powerful effect

Analyses

If progressives want to beat populists, Mamdani is not the answer

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York City may have made headlines, but victories in the Netherlands, New Jersey, and Virginia offer truer lessons.

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If EU and U.S. leaders do not react decisively to these threats, Beijing’s economic and technological support will continue to undermine the Western sanctions regime on Russia and allow it to prolong its war in Ukraine.

Analyses

China is the Weak Link in Europe’s Ukraine Strategy

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

China plays an increasingly active role in the Kremlin’s hybrid war against Europe. The EU must confront this growing China-Russia cooperation, as it poses grave threats to both European security and economic resilience.

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Ahead of Monday’s meeting, liberal Renew and the Greens were pleased with the Commission’s concessions, per three parliament sources, but still said they would argue for more.

Europe

Disunited European Parliament calls off EU budget rebellion

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

"The Commission’s proposals are quite good and meet our demands," said EPP MEP Herbert Dorfmann, while sources close to the file said centre-left S&D lawmakers were unhappy with the suggestions.

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The speech was the keynote address of the fifth Summit of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China which, this year,was held in Brussels.

World

Taiwan is a "victim of coercion", VP Hsiao Bi-khim tells EP

Monday, November 10, 2025

A senior Taiwan government minister has become the first to give a speech in a foreign parliament.

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UN climate summit leaves fossil fuels out of the picture

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It was supposed to be a historic UN climate summit in the Brazilian Amazon city of Belém, thirty years after the first and ten years after the successful Paris summit, a new step in limiting greenhouse gas emissions would be taken.

Europe

Same-sex marriage must be respected throughout EU, top court tells Poland

Same-sex marriage must be respected throughout EU, top court tells Poland

Poland has been told to recognise same-sex marriages registered elsewhere in the European Union, in a ruling by the EU’s top court.

Business

US presses Europe on rules for big tech companies

US presses Europe on rules for big tech companies

Europe should "reconsider" its rules for big tech companies if it wants to see lower US tariff rates on its steel and aluminium exports, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said.

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