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Europe Day comes and goes, but where is the European vision and the political imagination needed for a Europe ready for a new era? On May 9, 1950, the French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman set out a bold political and economic vision to make war between European nations “not merely unthinkable, but materially impossible.” The Schuman Declaration inspired a generation of leaders to build Europe’s economic integration on a foundation of common security by pooling coal and stee

Has the new European Union quietly been born, with three tiers of membership? Last week’s European summit was, as previous summits before it, dominated by the geopolitical travails of the European Union. This time around, Europe’s leaders could confirm the widely expected post-Orbán step to unlock Ukraine’s financial support package, discuss the energy shocks radiating from the Street of Hormuz, ponder the role of the EU’s NATO-style mutual assistance clause, and brainstorm o

Viktor Orbán is gone, but his shadow still hangs over Europe. In one way or another, we are all a little like Orbán. The curse of Donald Trump has not failed to make its mark. After Anthony Albanese in Australia and Mark Carney in Canada, Péter Magyar wins elections in Hungary despite the open support of the American president for his opponent. When Trump and his acolytes interfere in the elections of other democracies, the electorate seems to know above all whom not to vote