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Merz’s government doubles down on unpopular reforms despite electoral defeat

EU TA | AP Insight - September 7, 2026.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz doubled down Monday on pushing through unpopular reforms to Europe’s largest economy after a far-right party surged to a landslide victory...

Will Europe recognise the warning signs that pre-war Ukraine failed to recognise?

EU Tatyana Deryugina, et al. - September 7, 2026.

Twelve years ago, Ukraine was sleepwalking toward catastrophe. Now Europe is. Before 2014, Ukraine’s military had been hollowed out by decades of neglect and disarmament. That...

EU moves towards model to send rejected migrants to non-EU countries

EU TA | AP Insight - September 4, 2026.

Denmark and four other European Union countries agreed Friday on a model for “return hubs” in non-EU nations and hope to begin sending migrants to...

The importance of the EU regaining its mojo

EU Ferry Biedermann - September 3, 2026.

The European Union badly needs to regain its mojo if it is to avoid results such as last weekend’s ‘no’ vote in Iceland on reopening...

What does the German system do when the AfD is no longer opposition?

EU Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - August 29, 2026.

A week before the elections in Saxony-Anhalt, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and Baden-Württemberg Minister-President Cem Özdemir called for proceedings to examine banning the most...

The lack of Europe’s progress is not a technocratic problem, but a political one

EU Alberto Alemanno - August 29, 2026.

The Rhine Group, launched this week with the goal of restoring Europe’s capacity to innovate, grow, and compete globally, is an unusual initiative: a private...

Internal divisions weaken Europe’s ability to resist global threats

EU Joschka Fischer - August 28, 2026.

Four and a half years after Russia’s unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine, no end is in sight. What initially looked like a “special operation” that would...

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