More: European Union
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,...
Emptying the Embassies: Russia’s Campaign Against Kyiv as a Functioning Capital
Two Bridges and a Warning
At about 11:30 on 1 October, a Russian jet drone struck Kyiv's Southern Bridge while a metro train was crossing...
Greenland Can Choose Independence, But Can It Choose What Comes After?
The Greenland crisis appears to have ended with signatures rather than confrontation. On September 22, 2026, the United States, Denmark and Greenland signed a...
Houthis Hit Aramco, Iran Keeps Hormuz Shut: What Markets Are Pricing In for Oil, the Dollar and Europe’s Bonds This Week
TODAY'S NUMBERS: $102 (Brent crude) · 5.18% (US 10-year Treasury yield, Friday) · $4,137 (Gold, down 3% on the week). A wartime oil price...
Spain’s Sanchez Calls November 29 Snap Election to Break Parliament Deadlock
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called for an early election on November 29 to strengthen his position after the government faced challenges, including...
Can Europe Reform Fast Enough to Avoid a Long-Term Economic Decline?
The European Union has spent the past two years discussing how to restore its economic competitiveness. The harder question is whether it can implement...
The Diesel Weapon
Twenty-Four Hours in October
On 1 October Washington told Europe to release 120 million barrels of diesel from its emergency stocks over six months, or...