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Ever since Donald Trump's re-election as US president, Europe has known that it must either support Ukraine alone or abandon it to its fate. It takes the comfort of the Brussels EU bubble to see a de facto confiscation of Russian assets from an international securities house that happens to be located in Belgium as a demonstration of European strength. European diplomacy is nearing its boiling point. While Donald Trump's America wants to force a quick peace in Ukraine, while

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 a

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