Europe’s Bid for Autonomy: The Euro’s Evolving Global Role
President Christine Lagarde's recent proposal signals a pivotal shift, aiming to elevate the euro's international standing and bolster European foreign policy independence.
Guido Montani
Europe’s Last Chance: Unite or Fall Apart
As global tensions rise, Europe faces a stark choice—build a defence force and reshape global finance or risk irrelevance.
A Vanguard for European Defence
Rising conflicts and EU aspirations for autonomy revive the call for a European defence force
Kant, Einstein and ‘perpetual peace’
In today’s runaway world, Einstein’s ideal of ‘abolishing war’ becomes unavoidable rather than impractical.
European election: defence and a European constitution
Europe’s electoral contestants must address the pressing need for a defence union and a democratic constitution.
European constitutional reform hangs in the balance
The EU needs more coherent governance not just to accommodate its enlargement but to assume its global responsibilities.
We only have one planet left to save
The ecosystem is a global public good. Partisan European divisions on the nature-restoration law cannot be justified.
The new European civil war
However the war in Ukraine ends, a new iron curtain will follow unless the EU lives up to its ‘geopolitical’ aspirations.
A European initiative for a global green deal
COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh is now open but the European Union does not seem to have the will to achieve serious goals.
A new Atlantic Charter
Ending the war in Ukraine and establishing a lasting peace in Europe require a new security architecture.
Young people and planetary justice
Ultimately, resolving the collective-action dilemma of preserving a liveable planet will require a UN ‘constitution of the Earth’.
The European Union and global governance
The EU’s strategic ambition must not be just to carve out a niche for itself among the major powers but to reshape global governance.
The supermarket of citizenship and European democracy
European citizenship must be invested with more political significance—and never treated as a commodity for sale.
A federal budget for European citzens
The proposal by the French president and the German chancellor for a €500 billion recovery fund refocuses attention on the EU budget—but that raises wider issues.
Save European citizens, and save the union
In the face of the momentous internal and external threats facing European citizens, a merely intergovernmental European Union will fail to match them.