Could Ukraine’s Reparations Loan End The EU’s Paralysing Foreign Policy Veto?
A €140 billion loan secured against frozen Russian assets may force Europe to abandon unanimity voting—and finally give the EU real geopolitical power.
Guillaume Duval
Why Putin Does Not Want Peace in Ukraine
Even America's most Russia-friendly president cannot deliver the ceasefire Moscow's strategic calculations demand.
Europe’s Silence Fuels Gaza Crisis—Can EU Act?
As Trump and Netanyahu reignite Gaza conflict, Europe's failure to respond risks severe regional consequences.
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.
Facing Trump: Why Europe Must Revive Common Debt
Mario Draghi’s report called for bold investment and common debt issuing, but it is fuelling a dangerous deregulatory push across Europe.
Europe’s existential test: Navigating Putin, Trump, and the Global South
How the EU must act to survive mounting global threats.
Why is France unable to reach social compromises?
With a tenth general strike in France against the pension reform, an exit is needed from decrees and street clashes towards negotiated governance.
What’s driving the social crisis in France
The huge demonstrations against the pension ‘reform’ stem from accumulating resentment under Emmanuel Macron.
Open letter to my German friends about the ECB policy
Guillaume Duval argues that Germany can see the end of ECB quantitative easing—if only it stops imposing austerity on the eurozone.
Trump, Putin, Orbán, Kaczyński, May, Salvini… An Opportunity For Europe
Salvini, Orbán, Kaczyński, Trump, Putin, May… the European Union has so many enemies one wonders more and more frequently if it’ll survive. Yet these challenges
How The Handling Of The Financial After-Crisis Fuels Populism
Ten years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers people are frequently asking themselves why the crisis has done so much to strengthen populism and nationalism everywhere
Can Macron Move Europe Forward?
Can Emmanuel Macron succeed in reforming the European Union and the Eurozone? The European question was already central to the French Presidential campaign itself: the
Trump To The Rescue Of Europe
The Chinese aren’t the only ones Donald Trump picks on when it comes to international trade. He is also going after the Germans for their
The Euro: Why Joseph Stiglitz Is Wrong
Joseph Stiglitz, American economist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, has come out with a new book, The Euro: How a Common Currency Threatens