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The End of Offshore Data?
An impending June decision by the EU’s Court of Justice will likely tip the balance between free trade and fundamental rights. Arguments were heard last week in Luxembourg in a privacy rights case...
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If Xi Does a Putin
The crisis in Ukraine has forced the West to reconsider how it defends international law. As tensions in South East Asia grow, can Berlin apply the same lessons to a European Asia policy? (c)...
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Death in the Mediterranean
The European Council in April missed another chance to create an effective refugee and migration policy. The new Commission agenda at least acknowledges: Rescued people need to be put somewhere. (c)...
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Missed Connections
The European Union and India have quite a bit to offer one another; the former possesses the technological framework for industrialization but is in demographic decline, while the latter is a...
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Meeting Halfway
China’s rise as a global player is forcing EU member states to rethink the way they pursue their security interests. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), presently chaired by...
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Zuckerberg’s Easy Ride
Both Facebook and the European Parliament came out looking bad during Mark Zuckerberg’s shambolic hearing in Brussels on Tuesday. © REUTERS/Yves Herman Ever since Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified...
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On EU Reform, Merkel Takes the Middle Road
The German Chancellor gave a wide-ranging interview to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAS). There were no huge shocks—this is, after all, Angela Merkel, and the German press typically...
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Maas: Europe Needs More Courage
Germany’s foreign minister delivered a much-anticipated speech on Europe this week. His answer to America first? Europe United. © dpa / Gregor Fischer In our attention-deficit era, when a Trump tweet...
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Boiling Point
Donald Trump’s visit to NATO comes as transatlantic relations hit their worst point in seventy years, amid escalating trade and military disputes. The US-Europe partnership is living in a powder keg,...
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It’s Not Just Trump
Trump’s provocations and bullying grab the headlines. But there are also structural factors—including the EU’s growing economic and regulatory power—that have been causing transatlantic tension for...
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The Salzburg Shuffle
EU leaders have wrapped up talks on Brexit and migration at a summit in Salzburg. They’d hoped to make progress, but they left with little to show for on both fronts. © REUTERS/Lisi Niesner Watching...
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A Stress Test for Italy’s Coalition
Italy’s clash with Brussels over its budget proposal is just the latest in a string of problems threatening to destabilize its shaky coalition government. Luigi Di Maio is trying to keep the coalition...
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High Noon: May’s Toughest Brexit Battle Begins
Will she or won’t she clinch it? British Prime Minister Theresa May is yet again fighting for her political life as she seeks to persuade the British parliament to back her Brexit deal. But...
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The Germans Are Not For Turning
Theresa May has survived the no-confidence vote in her Tory party, but she still has to get her Brexit deal through parliament, and she’s looking to other EU member-states for help. In Brussels and...
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Can Europe’s Center-Right Handle Orbán?
Conservative parties across Europe are struggling to answer the challenge posed by populists. Ahead of EU elections in May, that struggle is especially acute for the European People’s Party: it is...
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A Reprieve from Disaster
The EU27 have granted the UK an extra two weeks to decide what it wants to do about Brexit. But as far as the EU is concerned, they’re now done discussing the issue. © REUTERS/Toby Melville The...
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The Price of Overcoming Unanimity
The European Union often fails to make its mark on global affairs due to internal divisions. Scrapping the unanimity requirement for European foreign policy positions could help—but it can’t come...
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Testing Times
The EU’s future depends on how it handles the COVID-19 crisis. A lot is riding on Germany’s EU presidency later this year. © REUTERS/Reinhard Krause Germany’s six month presidency of the European Union...
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Pariscope: Macron’s New Europe Tactic
French President Emmanuel Macron has dropped his bulldozer approach to European politics. It seems to be working. Artwork: Claude Cadi France has a difficult relationship with capitalism. 69 percent of...
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