Europe’s Military Build-Up: Will Social Spending Be Sacrificed?
Europe must urgently increase defence budgets—but it doesn’t have to mean deep cuts to public services. Here’s the alternative.
Europe must urgently increase defence budgets—but it doesn’t have to mean deep cuts to public services. Here’s the alternative.
Alberto Alemanno and Edouard Gaudot
Trump’s renewed assault on the EU has reignited a dormant sense of European purpose.
Europe must seize this historic moment, stepping up as America abdicates global leadership.
Andrea Napolitano and Danny Wagemans
The EU’s fragmented defence system, inefficiencies, and reliance on the US leave it dangerously unprepared.
Trump’s elite backers—economic nationalists, Wall Street, and the techno-right—may soon fracture over conflicting agendas.
Three years on, the war in Ukraine has reshaped economies, lives, and global politics. Can Europe afford the price?
As the USA withdraws from European security, Keir Starmer faces a defining moment: realign with Europe or cling to a fading alliance.
The Draghi report warns of stagnation, but does Europe need more growth—or a new economic vision?
Trump’s “America First” policies upend global order, igniting calls to tax oligarchs and disrupt international trade.
As global tensions rise, Europe faces a stark choice—build a defence force and reshape global finance or risk irrelevance.
Austerity is back—driven by politics, not economics. From the UK to Argentina and the US, the stakes are high.
Mainstream economics has shaped modern policymaking, but its failures and ideological divides reveal deeper systemic flaws.
The rapid development of new technologies is increasing pressure and forcing unlimited working time and growing stress among many workers across Europe.
The West Is Over! What This Means for Europe.
The alliance between reactionary forces and the working class is not built on shared economic interests but on a manufactured sense of cultural identity.
Fear of being left behind economically and socially proved to be potent fuel for the far-right Alternative für Deutschland, which for the first time won more votes than the Social Democrats.
Amid global autocrats and rising inequality, the European Union’s future hinges on structural reforms, ambitious investments and sustainability.