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What The Economist magazine's coverage reveals about the European Council 

February 12, 2026

🔮 How left-wing populism replaces security threats: Jean Luc Mélenchon on Muslims 

January 27, 2026

Has Chega changed the Portuguese parliament? What parliamentary votes reveal

January 22, 2026

The social cost of the UK’s approach to transport policy 

January 7, 2026

Lessons from Sahel Niger for EU crisis management

December 24, 2025
December 5, 2025

🧭 Why enlargement is EU geopolitics 

Veronica Anghel The Russia-Ukraine war forced the EU to speak the language of power, but it didn’t turn the EU into a state. Veronica Anghel argues that EU geopolitics looks different: dense ties, not just hard power. Enlargement is the EU’s prime relational technology – binding security to markets, institutions, and publics Read more
November 28, 2025

The failure of social housing in the UK and the abandonment of the the poor

Will Edmonds Will Edmonds argues that the UK’s targeted, means-tested social housing is permitted by a culture that criminalises poverty, and has enabled tragedies like the Grenfell fire. A look through the history of UK public housing shows that the government should adopt a humane, universalist approach Read more
November 20, 2025

🧭 The negative consequences of rule transfer in EU enlargement

László Bruszt László Bruszt and Julia Langbein argue that EU market rules, when applied to weaker economies, can trigger damaging side effects. Unless anticipated and managed, these risks threaten not just candidate countries but the European Union itself. Lessons from the 2004 enlargement are vital as Ukraine moves closer to membership Read more
November 18, 2025

National parties' strategies for mobilising expat voters

Adrian Favero The recent Dutch parliamentary elections and the popular vote on electronic ID in Switzerland revealed the considerable influence of the expat diaspora, which adds crucial votes to overall election results. National political parties, argue Adrian Favero and Gilles Pittoors, need to harness the power of transnational organisations to mobilise non-resident voters Read more
November 14, 2025

🧭 The geopolitical turn in enlargement discourse

Tom Hunter Tom Hunter, Natasha Wunsch and Marie-Eve Bélanger argue that Russia’s war has exposed the double-edged nature of European discourse. The EU has long sustained itself through words; now language has become strategy, shaping what is politically possible. For the EU to endure, this rhetorical power must become institutional commitment Read more

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