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Europe aspires to strategic autonomy, yet when it comes to car manufacturing, some Member States and many European companies are choosing Chinese dependence instead. China’s trade surplus with the European Union has reached the stratospheric level of €1 billion a day. Behind this staggering drain lies decades of strategic planning and industrial subsidies designed to make Chinese manufacturing technologically superior and unbeatable on cost, niche by niche, sector by sector.

If the current shift continues, we may be heading towards a NATO in which European countries assume ever greater responsibility for their own conventional defence, while the United States primarily retains its nuclear umbrella. The fundamental question is: who will coordinate Europe's military dimension—the EU, NATO, or the Member States? Will Ankara 2026 go down in history as the birth of NATO 3.0? That is the term circulating in diplomatic circles to describe a NATO in whic

2026 is proving to be a far better year for Europe than 2025. If the stars remain aligned, it could become a landmark year. Could 2026 be Europe’s year? This may seem an outlandish proposition, given how a continent lacking in geopolitical muscle, industrial strength and technological autonomy is facing the combined onslaught of Russian aggression, American dominance and Chinese mercantilism. It may seem a naïve aspiration, given how a European Union built for globalization i