Coronavirus — What is the European Union doing to manage the crisis?
EU leaders cannot agree on how to deploy financial aid to economies in crisis. [Read now...]
Rebooting Franco-German cooperation.
If the Franco-German tandem is to be saved, Paris should keep its more abrasive tendencies in check while Berlin needs to show real engagement in the bloc’s future. [Read now...]
Open Letter to Emmanuel Macron: Details matter for enlargement reform.
In an open letter to French President Macron, Corina Stratulat and Milena Lazarevic agree that it is time for a renewed approach to EU enlargement towards the Balkans, but argue that Macron failed to provide a concrete way forward. [Read now...]
Criticising the Macron doctrine.
The comments from Emmanuel Macron’s interview this week have caused a lot of consternation. While I often agree with this analysis, I feel his conclusions are off and here attempt a more wide-ranging critique. [Read now...]
Brexit: France and UK have long and troubled history – but pragmatism offers a bright future.
Relations between the UK and France are often portrayed as a history of at best mutual suspicion and at worst open hostility. [Read now...]
Brexit — What will the EU’s next move be?
All the drama has played out in the UK lately – with very little regard for whether any of the options under discussion would be acceptable to the EU. [Read now...]
Amazon fires: Jair Bolsonaro faces mounting political backlash in Brazil – even from his allies.
What the Amazon fires mean for Jair Bolsonaro politically. [Read now...]
Key reasons why Dacian Ciolos may, or may not, be the European Parliament’s kingmaker.
Due to the arithmetic of the new Parliament, the centrist political group now named Renew Europe will hold the key to most of the policy decisions. [Read now...]
Towards a no-deal Brexit in October.
Choppy waters in the Channel and unsettling rumbling on the shorebanks. [Read now...]
Key take-aways: What the outcome of the EU elections will bring.
As the dust settles and the emotion dissipates across the continent, we now need to look at the future. Here are our main take-aways that indicate what we can expect EU decision-making to look like in the coming years. [Read now...]
