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Economy and ecology

The dumb man of Europe

The German economy has been chronically weak since 2022, and its recently announced austerity package is counterproductive in every respect

By Peter Bofinger

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Foreign and security policy

A stalled partnership

The EU wants to reorganise its relationship with 79 countries from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. The problem: not all want to join in

By Elisabeth Bollrich

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Democracy and society

Russia’s women rise up

Thousands of Russians were drafted for the war in Ukraine. But discontent amongst women at home is growing. Can the protest be dangerous for Putin?

By Daria Boll-Palievskaya

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Work and digitalisation

Making learning mobility the norm in the EU

More than 40 years after the launch of the Erasmus programme, fewer than one out of four young people in the EU benefitted from a mobility experience

By Sofia Fernandes

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European integration

Orbán’s heart may be in Moscow, but his ATMs are in Brussels and Berlin

Despite Orbán’s objection, negotiations on Ukraine’s EU membership will begin. The reform of the EU’s critical decision-making system is next in line

By Sergiy Gerasymchuk

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Democracy and society

What Donald Tusk’s return means for Poland

Poland today is like a ship that needs to be rebuilt while at sea. But will the new prime minister be able to handle the many challenges ahead?

By Sławomir Sierakowski

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Democracy and society

Democracy par excellence

A transnational Citizens’ Assembly could enable a deliberative opening far beyond national enclosures and the ‘Brussels bubble’

By Claudia Chwalisz

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European integration

Will Georgia’s European dream become a reality?

Even if the European Council responds favourably and grants Georgia candidate status, its future path towards EU membership could be very murky

By Kakha Gogolashvili

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European integration

Barking up the wrong European tree

Only a Europe of networks will be able to secure public goods in the unbounded, digitalised and interdependent EU of today

By Jan Zielonka

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Democracy and society

Total honesty and far-right lies

The confidence with which analysts have settled on the causes of Geert Wilders’ victory is misplaced. More humility and introspection are needed

By Tom Theuns, László Andor