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Dear incoming High Representative...

For a foreign policy that Europe can believe in. A letter to the designated EU High Representative Josep Borrell

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Free trade is dead

Long live free trade? Only if we can make globalisation socially just and environmentally sustainable in the future

By Bernd Lange and Tim Peter

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Detox in Brussels

If the EU wants to survive, it can ill afford an artificially inflated European Commission. Six proposals for slimming it down

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Au revoir, my friends!

Macron is no longer automatically siding with Germany in European politics – and with good reason

By Sophie Pornschlegel

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Mogherini's legacy

Federica Mogherini has remained a pale figure as the EU's chief diplomat over the years. So what can we expect next?

By Jana Puglierin

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European negligence in the Balkans

Brussels risks facing stiff political competition from Moscow and Russian efforts to undermine the European values in region

By Bojan Stojkovski

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Solidarity and its practical application

The difficult migration situation in the Mediterranean demands a pragmatic, rules-based response. A Maltese perspective

By Roberta Buhagiar

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Why helicopter money is the new 'whatever it takes'

Seven years after Mario Draghi’s heroic speech, the European Central Bank should commit to direct transfers to citizens

By Stanislas Jourdan

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A clever political staging

By nominating Ursula von der Leyen, the Council has needlessly driven the European Parliament into a corner

By Tiemo Wölken

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Keeping your word

The EU should initiate accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania – because they are no guarantee of membership