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Europe wants bigger companies, but not new monopolies

EU TA Analysis - September 25, 2026.

On 24 September in Brussels, European Union industry ministers brought the proposal for the Chips Act 2.0 – through which the Union seeks to reduce...

Will the EU adopt the Polish model for countering 'weaponized' mass migration?

EU TA | AP Insight - September 25, 2026.

When Poland stopped registering asylum applications from migrants entering from Belarus in March 2025, authorities presented it as a temporary emergency measure to counter what...

European customs will no longer begin at the border

EU TA Analysis - September 24, 2026.

The European Union has completed the political and legal elements of the biggest reform of its customs union since 1968. The new Union Customs Code was...

Can the US and the EU stop a new wave of instability in the Balkans?

Eastern Europe Carl Bildt - September 24, 2026.

Benighted politics are once again haunting the Balkans. This month’s semi-official funeral in Belgrade for the convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić, whom many Bosnian Serbs...

Far-right election fears stalk EU budget framework talks

EU Ferry Biedermann - September 24, 2026.

Ambitions for a more impactful European budget are on a fast track to nowhere amid supercharged fears of anti-EU populist right-wing parties snapping at the...

Is Europe sliding into Trump-style hysteria ahead of critical 2027 elections?

EU Zaki Laïdi - September 23, 2026.

Coming just a couple weeks after the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) won the largest share of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt’s state election, the electoral...

Spare a thought for billionaires in UK’s struggling economy

UK Harvey Morris - September 23, 2026.

The plight of the super-rich being forced to flee an anti-business Britain has been a regular theme since the Labour Party returned to power two...

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