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Is Macron's successor someone who fights the most serious crimes?

EU TA | AP Insight - July 24, 2025.

Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin is building the image of a potential leader of the nation by taking drastic measures against the most hardened criminals. The transfer...

How willing Europe’s leaders are to confront the security challenges ahead?

EU Carl Bildt - July 24, 2025.

“Money makes the world go around,” sings the showgirl Sally Bowles in Cabaret, the iconic musical set against the backdrop of the Weimar Republic’s decadence. Money...

Do Syria’s clashes with the Druze foreshadow confrontation with the Kurds?

Middle East Ferry Biedermann - July 24, 2025.

Syria’s post-Assad future is still uncertain, with a remarkable level of overall stability having been punctured twice now by heinous sectarian violence in which governing...

EU-China summit in the shadow of relations with the US

EU Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - July 23, 2025.

Given its traditional taste for celebrations and anniversaries, China will try to make the forthcoming summit with the EU leaders as festive as possible -...

Is the new anti-corruption law slowing down Ukraine's rapprochement with the EU?

Eastern Europe TA | AP Insight - July 23, 2025.

The anti-corruption protests in Ukraine continue, while President Zelenskyy assures them that an even stronger fight against corruption will follow. The first large-scale anti-government protests since...

How London became a love-hate symbol in UK’s culture wars

UK Harvey Morris - July 23, 2025.

The latest 2025 annual survey by a leading international consultancy rated London as the world's top city for the tenth year in a row. The British...

The UK could get itself unstuck

UK Jim O'Neill - July 22, 2025.

A recent edition of the Economist has an amusing if somewhat desultory lead article about the current state of the United Kingdom, describing it as...

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