
Poland’s Constitutional Civil War
Nawrocki uses a ceremonial oath to obstruct judges elected by parliament.
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Nawrocki uses a ceremonial oath to obstruct judges elected by parliament.

Britain still mistakes nostalgia for strategy, France built a counterweight, and America keeps overestimating its military power.

Hannah Tyler and Marlies Murray
Politicians score minus 55 with blue-collar voters, a new survey finds. Distrust, alienation, and pessimism will shape the coming elections.

Since 1995 the EU has promised the Mediterranean shared prosperity; the Industrial Accelerator Act forgets that pledge.

Ukrainians risk their lives to refuel as Washington blames them for fuel costs driven by Trump’s war.

Over 5,000 arrests in three weeks reveal a republic quicker to discipline teenagers than to teach them.

Europe imported 57 per cent of its energy in 2024, and Hormuz has just sent the bill.

Stefano Sacchi and Gregorio Buzzelli
From Italy to Britain, six in ten citizens or more want an independent authority to police AI.

Washington has sanctioned nine of the court’s 18 judges and now threatens the institution itself, yet Brussels hesitates.

Gregory Jackson, Julia Bartosch and Manuel Nicklich
Twelve thousand Duisburg steelworkers marched for green steel: employee voice can accelerate transition rather than block it.

Nearly 96 per cent of Montenegro’s businesses are micro enterprises, and Europe’s AI evidence base barely sees them.

Four parties backed a ban on headscarves for girls under 14, and a child pays the price.

Five years among the men at Turin’s factory wall reveal what 44 million furlough hours conceal.

Trump’s new map swallows Iceland, yet Icelanders have just voted against reopening membership talks with Brussels.

Claes-Mikael Ståhl and Andrew Watt
Four changes – from enforceable labour rights to seats in the boardroom – would restore democratic legitimacy to open economies.

Hizb ut-Tahrir’s founder called Western values purely utilitarian; Europe’s institutions are struggling to prove him wrong.