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An autumn of enlargement

New partnerships, such as the emerging one with Canada, should complement, not delay, EU enlargement

By Marco Schwarz

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Should Icelanders vote ‘yes’?

Iceland is taking the question of EU membership back to the ballot box. For the country’s small economy, the stakes are high

By Willem H. Buiter, Anne C. Sibert

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Guess who’s back

After years of division, the Visegrád Group is moving beyond ideological battles to pursue common interests in Europe

By Pavlína Janebová

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Its never as easy as it seems

Montenegro is far from perfect, but it is ready for reform. Will that be enough to become the 28th member of the EU?

By Konstantin Hadži-Vuković

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Europe’s strategic sleepwalking

Internal division and hesitation hinder us from shaping a multipolar world. We urgently need to turn global rupture into renewal

By Udo Bullmann

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The ego of nations

European crises require unity, yet leaders continue to prioritise sovereignty, making citizens the casualties of political posturing

By Jan Zielonka

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The European Union looks North

Geopolitical shocks are tilting Greenland, Iceland and Norway towards the EU — a shift that could reshape Europe’s security, energy and Arctic future

By Roderick Kefferpütz, Villy Søvndal

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Stitching laws with golden thread

It is not political opposition from Brussels that risks delaying Ukraine’s accession, but bureaucratic inertia within its own institutions

By Oleksandr Iakymenko

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Damned if we do, damned if we don’t

Visa liberalisation once united Georgia with Europe. Now it risks tearing them apart

By Tamar Gamkrelidze

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The Empire strikes back, and Europe is confused

While the world is experiencing the comeback of imperial powers, a fragmented Europe is struggling with its new role — and with itself

By Jan Zielonka