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US, Ukraine and European Envoys Meet in Miami as Trump Announces Russia Diesel Deal
Negotiators from the US, Ukraine, and Europe met for six hours in Miami to create a unified proposal to end the war in Ukraine....
EU Budget Showdown: Irish Presidency Seeks 8% Cut to 2028–2034 Spending Plan
The Irish EU presidency has proposed an 8% cut to the European Commission's budget plan for 2028 to 2034, reducing it to €1.6 trillion...
The Global Cost of Resilience in the Twenty-First Century
For more than three decades, Europe organized much of its economic thinking around a particular interpretation of efficiency. Energy security, industrial self-sufficiency, strategic reserves,...
Make or Break in Beijing: Can the EU Get Anything Real From China by October?
A Chemical Nobody Had Heard Of
On 3 October, five days before EU trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič landed in Beijing, China's commerce ministry opened an...
The Black Sea’s Quiet Shipping War Reaches NATO Waters
Seventy Miles Off Byala
At about 3am on 6 October, aerial and sea drones struck two Turkish-owned cargo ships some 70 nautical miles off the...
Europe’s Record Russia Blacklist: Who Pays, Who Profits — and Why €185 Billion in Brussels Still Decides the Financial War
Today's Numbers
1,646 (new EU Russia listings agreed 7 October) · ~4,650 (total names on the EU's Russia list once adopted) · €185bn (Russian central-bank...
Can China and the EU Turn Trade Tensions Into a New Economic Deal?
China is calling for equal dialogue and greater cooperation with the European Union as Brussels and Beijing try to manage growing tensions over trade,...
Can France Fix Its Debt Problem Without ECB Help?
France's worsening borrowing costs are putting renewed pressure on the country's fragile public finances, but the Bank of France says Paris must resolve the...
The Blockade That Doesn’t Exist: How Europe Could Stumble Across Russia’s Kaliningrad Red Line
A Note About a Plan Nobody Has
On 30 September Russia sent NATO members a written note claiming it had information that the alliance was...
Can Le Pen’s Budget Plan Deliver a Smaller French State Without Deepening the Fiscal Strain?
French presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally has unveiled a broad economic programme built around cutting public spending, reducing taxes,...