Thinking ahead for Europe

CEPS Expert commentaries

Our expert commentaries offer timely and succinct analysis of current events and opinion on the key developments in Europe

16 Jul 2026

There isn’t one China, but de facto two, and both are now very different countries, with some common cultural traits…

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10 Jul 2026

Financial markets price all kinds of risks. But there’s one they ignore: how nature loss affects governments’ ability to pay…

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24 Jun 2026

More than 30 years after the EU first banned routine tail docking (the painful removal of tails, typically without anaesthetics)…

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23 Jun 2026

The recent Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda has cast a long shadow over the 79th World Health Assembly (WHA)…

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22 Jun 2026

The European Commission marked World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, promising its ‘unwavering support’. But this isn’t enough. The…

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