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Central and East European Countries Keep Clinging to the Gas Model Even Though Its Constraints Are Already Visible
22-07-2026, 09:11

Central and East European Countries Keep Clinging to the Gas Model Even Though Its Constraints Are Already Visible

Political Sentiments Changing Fast, Climate Agenda Losing Support In their article entitled The new climate battle, experts of the European Council on Foreign Relations discuss how the socio-political changes in Europe and its economic problems are debunking the European climate agenda.
21-07-2026, 10:50
Political Sentiments Changing Fast, Climate Agenda Losing Support
Europe More Wary of New Members Than Ready to Change In a policy brief for the Clingendael research center Wouter Zweers examines two recent informal documents from European countries on EU enlargement
19-07-2026, 12:37
Europe More Wary of New Members Than Ready to Change
Two Corps for the Baltics Will NATO Manage to Equip its Corps Headquarters Deployed With Real Troops?
18-07-2026, 19:33
Two Corps for the Baltics
Public Opinion Already Wants to Rejoin EU, with Politicians Still Wary In a Project Syndicate article entitled Beyond Brexit – and Back to Europe Mark Leonard, director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, argues that in the ten years after the Brexit referendum, public opinion on both sides of the English Channel has undergone a remarkable shift.
17-07-2026, 18:26
Public Opinion Already Wants to Rejoin EU, with Politicians Still Wary
Time Is on Russia’s Side, Not on Europe’s What is the future of NATO’s deterrence in the air domain without U.S. support?
17-07-2026, 18:07
Time Is on Russia’s Side, Not on Europe’s
When Loneliness Pays Off: The Economics of Loneliness in the Digital Age Have you ever felt lonely? Or have you ever had that feeling of always being alone—and that something you see on your devices confirms that it’s better to be alone?...
16-07-2026, 21:36
When Loneliness Pays Off: The Economics of Loneliness in the Digital Age
The Summer Nobody Tells Us About: High Mortality Rates, Promises, and Reality in Contemporary Italy Europe is facing an unprecedented crisis in terms of weather conditions, highlighting its structural and social vulnerabilities.
16-07-2026, 21:33
The Summer Nobody Tells Us About: High Mortality Rates, Promises, and Reality in Contemporary Italy
European Pact on Migration: Unanswered Questions The Migration Pact raises two questions: how to secure returns to non-EU countries and how to apply the Pact’s provisions in individual member States. If they stay unanswered, the Pact will not solve the migration problems. These conclusions follow from an article by expert Jean-Paul Tran Thiet posted on the Institut Montaigne website.
16-07-2026, 18:22
European Pact on Migration: Unanswered Questions
The French Asked to Collect Their Urine Experts have found it could reduce the country’s dependence on imported fertilizers.
16-07-2026, 17:34
The French Asked to Collect Their Urine
Britain Wants to Get Back to Europe But Is No Longer Welcome In an Institut Montaigne article entitled Brexit: l'Europe face à son paradoxe britannique, experts Jeanne Lebaudy and Eve Talkowski examine the situation that has emerged ten years after the referendum that took the UK out of the EU.
15-07-2026, 15:21
Britain Wants to Get Back to Europe But Is No Longer Welcome
Paris vs. Washington: Why Does France Call for an ‘Orderly’ Drawdown of U.S. Military Presence? Europeans should not try to replace all of the expensive kit supplied by America, French Deputy Defense Minister Alice Rufo told POLITICO after meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in Brussels. France wants the United States to reduce its military footprint in Europe in a clear and predictable way, she said.
15-07-2026, 11:01
Paris vs. Washington: Why Does France Call for an ‘Orderly’ Drawdown of U.S. Military Presence?
Political Circumstances or a Systemic Crisis? Experts of the Atlantic Council ask who is to blame for the UK’s high turnover of prime ministers.
14-07-2026, 18:00
Political Circumstances or a Systemic Crisis?
Despite the end to the Gulf war, Europe must prepare for an oil supply crunch. Experts at the Bruegel think tank based in Brussels make this conclusion in their report entitled Europe must prepare for a possible oil supply crunch and propose measures that will hit the ordinary European consumer once again.
14-07-2026, 15:36
Despite the end to the Gulf war, Europe must prepare for an oil supply crunch.
Europe Spends More on Defense but Gets No Stronger or More Autonomous In an article entitled How European NATO allies are stepping up, by the numbers, posted on The Atlantic Council website, the authors Kristen Taylor and Matt Trunkey try to convince the reader that European allies have at last begun stepping up their defense efforts in earnest.
13-07-2026, 17:58
Europe Spends More on Defense but Gets No Stronger or More Autonomous