Editorials

On 6 June 2024, the free world gathered on the beaches of Normandy. 80 years earlier, the allied democracies had landed there to bring down Nazism. They had agreed to "ally themselves with the devil", the worst of regimes — that of Stalin — to triumph over the absolute evil...

[This editorial is also available in Ukrainian.] Passions are legitimate, often understandable, rarely productive. They must not be allowed to hijack the forthcoming European elections. All democracies are being destabilised by the expression of brutal anger, and Europe, home to some of the...

[This editorial is available in Ukrainian.] The first enlargement of the European Community took place in 1973, with the accession of Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Since then, the Union has undergone 6 further stages of enlargement, tripling its population. Ratified by referendums...

[This editorial is also available in Ukrainian.] Emmanuel Macron appealed to Europe in his second speech at the Sorbonne on 25 April 2024 — in other words to its Member States — calling for them to wake up urgently to the new strategic context. The world no longer abides by the...