27th February 2025 | Editorials / Op-eds, News
By Catherine Woollard The talk among security analysts is of the US “decoupling” from Europe but what we’ve seen goes far beyond this. It is about open hostility, and the threat of coercion, conquest, and destruction in the pursuit of an ideological agenda. Yes, there...
27th February 2025 | News
The federal election which took place on 23 February saw a record voter turnout. 82.5% of the 59.2 million eligible voters participated to elect the 630 members of the Bundestag (federal parliament). This represented the highest turnout since 1987 (i.e. prior to...
27th February 2025 | News
On 24 February, EU leaders gathered in Kyiv to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The presidents of the European Commission (EC) and the European Council (EUCO) joined heads of state and government from various EU member states and...
20th February 2025 | News
A recent NGO report has revealed that over 120,000 pushbacks were recorded at the EU’s borders in 2024, including almost 20,000 at the eastern borders. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has begun a landmark series of hearings against Poland, Latvia and...