Editorials
•14/09/2020
The Union, in which state is it?On September 16, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will deliver her State of the Union address to the European Parliament, during which she will take stock of the Union's progress one year after taking office.
How have Europeans reacted to the very special...
•11/09/2020
Europe, the Law and trustEuropean construction is challenged by a global development in which force is increasingly taking precedence over law. There are many examples of this. Turkey, like China, is deliberately flouting the law of the sea, Russia is deliberately violating its international commitments concerning the...
•06/09/2020
Europe: for an even more comprehensive recoveryOn 21 July, Europeans agreed on an ambitious and innovative €750bn plan to support and revive the economy which has been seriously affected by the aftermath of the health crisis. The EU can afford to commit such a sum because its wealth lies in its large single market, i.e. applying the same...
•24/05/2020
ReconstructionMost of the world's leaders have been pushed to take exceptional measures, bringing the economy, social life and, incidentally, our freedoms to a standstill.
On the European continent, this was done in the usual way: each State wanted to decide for itself, but in the end the decisions were broadly...