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

28 May 2025

The EU is strongly committed to integrating the Western Balkans into its energy and climate frameworks as part of the…

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16 Apr 2025

The recent history of the EU’s relations in its ‘southern neighbourhood’ can hardly be called its finest hour. It has…

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08 Apr 2025

Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ has delivered the highest tariff hike in nearly a century. If they’re implemented, the average US…

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03 Apr 2025

Suppose vast quantities of Europeans’ digital data were being sent every few days to a foreign power that has threatened…

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26 Mar 2025

In the wake of the Draghi report and the EU Competitiveness Compass, ‘competitiveness’ is again dominating debates about the present…

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