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The collapse of FCAS: How Europe's most ambitious defence project failed

EU Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - June 12, 2026.

On 8 June 2026, France and Germany officially abandoned the development of a joint next-generation combat aircraft under the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme.  Chancellor...

The costs of a war that Europe did not fight

EU Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - June 10, 2026.

The European Central Bank will raise interest rates on 11 June for the first time since 2023.  Eurozone inflation accelerated to 3.2% in May, energy prices...

Why the ECB should not raise interest rates yet?

Finances Philippe Legrain - June 7, 2026.

The European Central Bank appears set to raise interest rates on June 11. Policymakers’ statements suggest this, markets expect it, and the ECB’s economic analysis...

Tariffs cannot restore Europe's export competitiveness

Economy Daniel Gros - June 6, 2026.

China looms large in trade-policy discussions everywhere, but the precise concerns vary. Whereas the United States has long regarded China as a destroyer of American industry...

The limits of Irish neutrality

EU Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - June 5, 2026.

At the beginning of June, the Irish government entered the final phase of reforming the so-called "triple lock" mechanism – the rule that government and...

Who will pay for Europe’s armament?

EU Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - June 4, 2026.

For most of the past three decades, political debates in European countries have focused on increasing social benefits, accelerating the green transition, financing health systems,...

EU Pact perpetuates migration fictions

EU Ferry Biedermann - June 4, 2026.

The European Union’s controversial new Pact on Migration and Asylum is set to come into force mid-June but is unlikely to calm Europe’s ever more...

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