The EU leaders meeting in Bratislava on 16 September face a challenging, not to say hostile, environment. Responding to people’s fundamental concerns will simultaneously help member states and enhance the value of the EU for its citizens.
The EU must decide not so much what it wants to be, as what it wants to do, both with itself and with the UK. Europeans should get down to work
In light of Erdoğan’s push for a move towards a presidential regime, it is clear that there has never been enough support for a regime change in Turkey.
Allowing bailout in Italy is the lesser of two evils. A bailout has its costs, but the costs of enforcing a bail-in are more destructive and far-reaching.
Erdoğan should use the coup to be magnanimous and not further divide Turkey, but past events have shown that this is not his style.
The era of empires is long forgotten. For continental Europeans, especially those in the South, the EU remains a pillar of democratic stability.
Despite of Brexit, desire is growing in the EU for greater military autonomy, certainly, but it is also becoming more focused on the Atlantic.
2016 can still be remembered as the moment of the successful call for the unilateral reestablishment of national border controls, leading to a progressive decline of freedom of movement in the EU.
The UK’s vote to withdraw from the EU has many and complex causes but it cannot be understood without making reference to the turbulence generated by the Syrian conflict.
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