European Union

Though an important step, the EU AI Act makes major concessions to corporate interests and law enforcement authorities.

Low voter participation in EU elections can undermine the democratic legitimacy of the EU Parliament. What could bring Europe closer to its citizens?

Recent protests across Europe and worldwide show growing frustration among farmers. A policy U-turn on trade could bring farmers back onside.

Donald Trump’s possible return prompts the EU to rethink its foreign policy. Its new mission in the Red Sea, however, is a wrong move.

Pronounced dead upon Ursula von der Leyen’s election as Commission president in 2019, the “Spitzenkandidaten” process is alive and well.

The profit-maximisation-centered market economy does not work for all. A well-being economy could.

Progressives in southern Europe need to find unity in fragmentation, following the Spanish example.

Despite the disruptions to the European grain market caused by the war, Ukraine remains one of the world’s leading grain exporters.

Climate finance is on the rise, but it is still nowhere near the scale needed to cover climate impacts and fund the global green transition.

Ireland, a prosperous Western European nation with a sordid past of colonial subjugation, is in a unique position when it comes to the Israel-Palestine conflict.