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Brussels’ embrace of green planning has been outcompeted by Beijing’s industrial planning and by Washington’s dominance in hydrocarbons. Europe’s energy intensive industries face a Russian energy crunch, Chinese dumping and American tariffs, all on top of Europe self-enforced decarbonisation costs. ‘Enhancing the Union’s competitiveness, bolstering its resilience, and advancing the green transition are mutually reinforcing objectives that must be pursued together.’ Thus the

Illegal drones escalate Russia's scope and policy of intimidation, intended to divide or destabilize Europe in its collective resistance to Russian aggression and expansion. They force Europe either to react or to bow down to a creeping Taiwan scenario in which Russia can continue to interfere with impunity. In just a few weeks, the skies over Romania, Poland, Norway, Denmark, Latvia, Germany, Finland, and France have been disrupted by unidentified drones. The suspected geogr

While recognising battlefield realities, a genuine European peace would not reward but check Russian aggression while seeking to ensure the future security and prosperity of Ukraine. What conditions would this take? For Ukraine, as for Europe, the spectacle of the Trump-Putin bonhomie at the Alaska summit was repulsive. To see the president of the United States applaud a wanted war criminal, to see military aggression and occupation legitimised in style, was truly dishearteni