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

25 Sep 2025

In today’s world of overlapping crises, no single actor or nation can go it alone – even the EU, with…

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18 Sep 2025

At COP30, the Paris Agreement, which has led to the creation of a complex institutional framework, turns 10. But the…

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16 Sep 2025

The EU and Ukraine have recently agreed to review the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA), the core trade…

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03 Sep 2025

Much of the current commentary praises America’s remarkable economic resilience despite broad tariffs, erratic policies and even the current administration’s…

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28 Aug 2025

Mario Draghi, the former head of the ECB and author of the now infamous (at least in Brussels) Draghi report,…

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