Editorials

In the space of a few weeks, the European authorities have been forced to roll back environmental standards that had been democratically adopted with the agreement of the Member States: compulsory set-aside for farmers, a ban on imports of products ‘derived from deforestation’, and...

The composition of the new European Commission is difficult and painful. Its President intends to direct alone an institution that wishes to extend its competences to geostrategy, i.e. also foreign and defence policy. This is not without its problems. The Member States are reluctant, and there is...

In a few hours' time, the former President of the European Central Bank will publish the report on competitiveness commissioned from him by the President of the European Commission. More than 400 pages will summarise his thinking on the European economy and his proposals, which are sure to...