Future of EU

When politics is reactive and short-sighted, culture can help Europe imagine a better future and offer a sense of common purpose.

Europe needs to form more partnerships to strengthen its autonomy and resist commercial coercion.

The US and China use culture to assert dominance. Can the EU be different? Mafalda Dâmaso thinks so.

We need a new narrative that foregrounds artificial intelligence as a public tool without pre-determined development and impact.

Though their ranks are smaller, Greens can be a reliable partner to build a solid pro-European majority. But they should use their weight wisely.

Continued support from European institutions amidst rise of the far right is crucial for Georgia’s European aspirations. 

The chances of a conservative majority after the EU elections are slim, but the normalisation of radical right is a wake-up call for progressives.

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

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

In a dispatch from 2050, Molly Scott Cato reports that the UK’s divorce from the EU did not last long.