Opinion
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The Frontex Reform Measures Everything Except the Dead
The Commission’s Frontex reform would build a 30,000-strong border agency with a returns centre and…
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One Hoax Campaign, a Dozen National Verdicts
The flight bomb threats that struck European aviation twice this week were judged by each…
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Europe’s Cold Chain Has No Guardian
Two waves of supermarket cyberattacks in three weeks have exposed a gap Brussels wrote into…
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Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal and the Method Brussels Will Not Judge
The Commission has made clear who is entitled to sit on Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal. It…
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A China Kill Switch Built for Overcapacity, Sold for Chokepoints
Brussels is preparing three instruments against weaponised trade, two of them promised for December. Both…
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Portugal’s Housing Budget Ends When Europe’s Money Does
Lisbon is cutting structural housing investment by almost two-thirds as the Recovery and Resilience Facility…
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Orbán, the UN Secretary-General Race, and Europe’s Missing Position
Washington is reportedly weighing Viktor Orbán as the next UN Secretary-General, with Russian and Chinese…
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The EU Guards Ships in the Red Sea. Off Constanța, It Is Still Watching.
At least seven ships have been hit near Romania and Bulgaria this month. The Union…
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Strasbourg Gave the ICC a Prize. Brussels Has Not Yet Given It a Shield.
Parliament has honoured the International Criminal Court in open defiance of US sanctions. The legal…
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Kallas Says Europe Kept Ukraine Standing. 2027 Is Not Yet Funded.
The High Representative says Europe’s support for Ukraine is why Kyiv has not surrendered. That…
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The Fiscal Exemption Europe Will Not Extend to Households
EU leaders asked for targeted and temporary energy relief. Two days later, cost-of-living protests swept…
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The Carbon Price Europe Wants to Keep and Cap at Once
At the October summit, EU leaders defended the emissions trading system and asked it to…
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Britain Talks of Rejoining but Rejects EU Pressure on Chinese Car Tariffs
Brussels wants London to match its duties on Chinese cars as the price of “Made…
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Diplomatic Ambition, Consular Inertia: Portugal’s Unfinished Bid for South Asia
South Asia holds a quarter of the world’s population, and Pakistan alone 250 million, many…
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The EU-China Hybrid Deal: A Number Only One Side Will Say Aloud
Brussels says Chinese hybrid imports will be halved and appears ready to do it with…
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EU Enlargement Safeguards: The Probation Brussels Will Not Apply to Itself
The Commission’s 15-year safeguard for new members answers a real problem. It places the cure…
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Europe’s Diesel Reserves and the Price of a G7 Promise
Washington threatened to cut diesel supplies to two of its closest allies unless they emptied…
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Suspending the Right to Asylum: A Question for the Treaties
Greece wants a crisis switch that halts asylum applications. The European People’s Party has already…
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The Iran Settlement: The Union Has Endorsed American Pressure and Left Its Own Terms Unstated
Washington and Tehran are trading terms through Qatari mediators, and Israel and the Gulf states…
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Portugal’s Economy After the Recovery Fund: The 2027 Test
Lisbon files its final recovery-fund payment request this month. From 2027, the export and energy…