Eye on Europe
Views and insights from around the “old continent” and the European Union’s engine room in Brussels
The Master of Reinvention
Despite a shambolic handling of the coronavirus crisis, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has largely maintained his popularity.
Belarus Primed to Break Free
Young people in Belarus want more than the stability Aleksander Lukashenka has offered for almost three decades. They may well get it.
Digital Natives versus Security Hardliners
The violent aftermath of the Belarusian election has exposed the erosion of trust among young people in the regime.
Carbon Critical: Last Train from Bełchatów?
The key to energy transition is energy replacement—quitting coal.
Pariscope: France’s Sharpest Critics
The French are self-involved, or so the cliché goes. But they are no chauvinists—just ask the French president.
The Fight for Poland’s Place in Europe
The two candidates in the run-off vote for the Polish presidency offer very different visions of the role the country can play in the EU.
Wanted: Responsible Revolutionaries
Populists are having a bad COVID-19 crisis. The key challenge for centrist politics, however, is to combine competence with risk-taking radicalism.
An EU Global Moment: Finding a Path to Peace in Afghanistan and Syria
The absence of a viable post-war policy for Afghanistan and Syria under the Trump administration opens the window for the EU.
Carbon Critical: Hydropower, the Old Renewable
The history of hydropower shows that renewables have always had flaws.
Pariscope: Macron’s Ententes Cordiales Against China
France wants insurance against Chinese hegemony.
Europe’s Sovereignty Conundrum
The call for greater “European sovereignty” has become very popular of late, but it is far from clear what the term means.
Carbon Critical: The Great Unwanted Climate Experiment
Lower carbon emissions is a rare silver lining of the coronavirus pandemic. Just don’t confuse it for actual good news for the climate.
Struggling for Unity
The EU is still finding it hard to come up with a coordinated coronavirus response.
Poland’s Troubled Presidential Elections
Viktor Orbán’s power grab in Budapest has overshadowed a parallel political drama in Warsaw regarding the presidential elections on May 10.
Carbon Critical: The Franco-German Nuclear Motor
Should the EU economy run on uranium? Its two biggest countries disagree.
