Future of EU

The German presidency has framed the EU budget deal as a success, but it is an alarming blow to the European Commission’s power to uphold the rule of law. Despite tools and sanctions being available, the Commission’s failure to act swiftly and decisively enough has emboldened autocratic leaders within the EU’s own borders.

We spoke to Petra De Sutter, Belgian deputy prime minister and minister for the civil service and public enterprises, about the future of health systems and European cooperation.

Contrary to decades of received wisdom, reversing privatisation can result in more accessible, accountable and cost-effective public services.

Germany has shifted its position to unlock the route to an EU recovery fund. But Europe still needs a political alternative to inter-governmental deadlock.

Faced with the systemic shock of the coronavirus crisis, the guiding principle for recovery should be resilience.

What if the Green Wave of 2019 kept on going? What if the Greens become a major player in political majorities?

Writing from Malta, Michele Kipiel argues that a democratic debate over what 5G technology is for and who controls it is both vital and urgent.

Bruno Latour emphasises the need for a politics of the living, that moves from this European-invented space to the tangible space that he calls “dwelling place”.

An analysis of how and why the EU accession process for the Western Balkans seems to be going nowhere, and what this might mean for the region.

Against a backdrop of increasing instability, the EU must define a common security and defence doctrine which confronts the question of nuclear deterrence to ensure its strategic autonomy.