For the EU, the Sun Also Rises
An EU free from British membership will mean new challenges, but also new opportunities.
Pariscope: The Macron-Schäuble Axis
Is Germany’s elder statesman Wolfgang Schäuble the Berlin ally French President Emmanuel Macron never had?
Pariscope: Macron’s Lucky Streak
The changing of the guard in Brussels offers the French president the chance of a new beginning in Europe.
Macron Dusts Off the De Gaulle Playbook
Emmanuel Macron has turned to an old strategy: leveraging France’s budding rapprochement with Moscow.
Cultural Diplomacy: The Missing Link in EU Foreign Policy
Faced with threats to its cultural identity, the EU needs to respond, including by cultural diplomacy.
Into the Maze
Little thinking has been done about EU disintegration. In the absence of plausible theories, here are three ways things could go wrong for Europe.
Macron’s Appeal Hits a German Wall, Again
There’s a reason Berlin is so reticent about responding to the French president’s European reform proposals.
Macron Loses His Shine
The French president is struggling to overcome the deepest crisis to hit his government. He’ll have to correct course in 2019. On the streets …
Merkel’s European Farewell
The German chancellor indicated to the European Parliament she will push for a shift away from decades of Atlanticist foreign policy.
Still a Safe Pair of Hands for Europe
Angela Merkel leaving the international stage may be bad news for quick EU reform. In the long run, however, her successor will likely turn into at least as good a European.
Merkelʼs Missed Moment
In her reelection campaign in 2017, Angela Merkel made a strategic error by not putting EU reform on her agenda. She is now paying …
The Flaws of the Merkel Method
The German chancellor has great tactical skills. But that’s not enough anymore to fend off populism and move Europe forward.
Faced with Trump, Merkel Turns to Europe
US President Donald Trump has no time for the EU or Angela Merkel. That’s one reason she’s finally talking about EU reform.
“You Fix the Roof When the Sun is Shining“
An interview with Marcel Fratzscher on last week’s “economists’ letter”—and why Germany and France need to get moving on eurozone reform.
Waiting for Merkel
Italy’s new populist government is adding to Emmanuel Macron’s sense of urgency about EU and eurozone reform. Yet Angela Merkel is keeping her cards close to her chest.
Discipline and Punish
Under German leadership solidarity in the EU has become conditional on structural reforms.
