The EU can’t change Trump – But it can change itself
Right after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen finally signed the landmark free trade agreement with Latin American trading bloc Mercosur, US President...
Trump’s ‘flexible realism’ is strategic, honest and overdue
By Ryan Grillo
The muscular foreign policy of President Trump is not about glory for glory’s sake. It is a clear expression of America First.
Trump’s...
The EU’s “energy transition” is accelerating the exodus of major industrial...
By Professor Em. Samuel Furfari. He is a Chemical Engineer, having taught energy geopolitics and energy politics at Brussels ULB University (Université Libre de Bruxelles), between...
No Safe Bets
How Europe Can Survive in an Age of Unreliable Partners
By Joshua Livestro, a member of the Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs
"The United...
The EU needs deregulation, not simplification
By Martin Vlachynský, Analyst at the Institute of Economic and Social Studies in Slovakia, 4liberty.eu
It started with curved bananas, continued with cookie banners and lightbulb bans,...
A look ahead at the EU in 2026
2025 was not an uneventful year for Europe. While the war in Ukraine raged on, Donald Trump put the European Union under considerable pressure,...
Democracy or drones – the EU’s security policy dilemma
By Morten Jarlbæk Pedersen
It is neither a secret nor news that Europe's security policy situation has changed both rapidly and drastically over the past...
The EU’s Digital Gulag
The EU’s Digital Gulag (or How to Catch Wild Hogs)
By Seth Hertlein, VP and Global Head of Policy at Ledger.
Good morning.
It is an honor...
EU disagreements persist on how to help Ukraine
As Ukrainian peace talks continue, on Friday, a major legal breach of the EU Treaty occurred. The EU Council of Member States agreed with...
Europe’s Competitiveness Drama
By Elena Leontjeva, President of the Lithuanian Free Market Institute
Competitiveness is a strange beast—always measured against outsiders, yet forged internally. In her annual address,...
