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 | | Facing the spectre of 1938 | | 17/02/2025 The spectre lurking in Europe is that of the policy of appeasement towards Hitler, which led to the annexation of Czechoslovakia and the outbreak of the Second World War. All other things being equal, Putin is presenting Europe with the same expansionist challenge as the Nazi dictator, whose methods he is scrupulously applying at home. The new American leaders' lack of culture, combined with their over-inflated egos and unbridled populism, has led them to believe that they can negotiate with anyone and anything. | | Read the editorial |
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 | | The Italian Economy and its European Outlook | | 24/02/2025 As soon as she came to office on 22 October 2022, Giorgia Meloni promised a major change in politics and Italy's return to a leading role in Europe and on the international stage. According to Edoardo Secchi, in terms of leadership, she has literally crushed all her rivals and opponents with the strength of her convictions and her outspokenness. With her government enjoying the support of the people, she could govern until the end of the legislature and stand for a second term in the next elections, provided that she meets the country's economic and social expectations. | | Read the study |
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 | | The challenges facing European agriculture: Crisis or opportunity for transformation? | | 17/02/2025 2024 will be remembered as a pivotal year for European agriculture, faced with major climatic, economic and geopolitical crises. It was also the year of the renewal of the Parliament and the Commission. While the number of farmers in the European Parliament remains relatively stable compared to the previous term, we will have to wait a little longer to judge their real influence. For Herve Pillaud, the new European Commission is keen to pursue ambitious transformations on the razor's edge between competitiveness (the new Brussels mantra) and sustainability, voluntarism and budgetary realism. Will we be able to meet the challenge when instability, particularly in France and Germany, is combined with the rise of populism in many Member States, encouraging them to turn in on themselves and sometimes seeing Europe as nothing more than a necessary evil? | | Read the study |
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 | | European support for the defence industry - Mid-term review of the European Defence Fund | | 10/02/2025 Poland has made security one of its top priorities during its Presidency of the Council (January-June 2025). Almost a year ago, the Commission presented a European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP) aimed at strengthening European industrial capabilities. If implemented, this programme will bolster the European Defence Fund (EDF), which was set up in 2021 and has financed one hundred and sixty-two armament industry-related programmes. There are numerous and extensive areas of cooperation. The programmes chosen by the Commission bring together an average of seventeen entities, and the Commission takes care to appoint coordinating leaders in almost all the Member States. According to Nicolas-Jean Brehon, questions are now beginning to emerge. Three years on, it is useful to draw up a mid-term review to inform future choices. | | Read the study |
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 | | Greenland: a geostrategic challenge for the European Union in the era Trump 2.0 | | 03/02/2025 Donald Trump's return to the White House confirms, after a first term marked by an attempt to buy Greenland, that the Arctic island is a critical geopolitical issue for the United States - and that it should also be for the European Union. In Andre Gattolin's view, the new situation, in which the military threat has been introduced, means that the European Union must rethink its relationship with Greenland and, more broadly, with the North, in a clearly strategic way. | | Read the study |
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 | | Victory for the Christian Democratic Union and a breakthrough for the far right in the German federal elections | | 24/02/2025 The Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the main opposition party, led by Friedrich Merz, won the snap federal elections in Germany on 23 February. Allied with the Christian Social Union (CSU), led by Bavaria's Minister-President Markus Söder, the party won 28.52% of the vote and took 208 of the 630 seats in the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament (+11 compared with the poll on 26 September 2021). The CDU nonetheless obtained a lower result than predicted by opinion polls, which had predicted a 30% share of the vote. | | Read the study |
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 | | Konstantinos Tasoulas, elected President of the Republic of Greece | | 17/02/2025 Konstantinos Tasoulas (New Democracy, ND) won the Greek presidential election in the 4th round of voting on 12 February with 160 votes. He beat Tassos Giannitsis (Panhellenic Socialist Movement-Movement for Change, PASOK-KINAL) who received 34 votes. He will succeed Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou (ND), who has held office since January 2020 and was the first woman to hold the supreme office of the Greek Republic. | | Read the study |
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 | | European Defence | | 05/02/2025 The National Assembly's National Defence and Armed Forces Committee heard Jean-Dominique Giuliani, Chairman of the Robert Schuman Foundation, and Steven Everts, Director of the European Union Institute for Security Studies. (EUISS), on European Defence. | | Visit the website |
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 | | Meeting with Général Hervé de Courrèges | | 04/02/2025 Jean-Dominique Giuliani, Chairman of the Robert Schuman Foundation met Général Hervé de Courrèges, on 4th February. | | Visit the website |
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 | | The Schuman Network, Ideas in Europe | | Created by the Robert Schuman Foundation in November 2023, the Schuman Network is a network of 21 think tanks from 13 European countries. With 148 studies shared since its creation, this initiative feeds debate and stimulates ideas about Europe. The Schuman Network encourages dialogue between researchers specialising in European questions and facilitates the sharing of studies on a variety of themes. | | Visit the website |
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 | | Learn everything there is to know about the European Parliament | | The Robert Schuman Foundation has created a website to help you learn more about this complex and fascinating institution. The role of the Parliament, its composition and news will be explained in detail. | | Visit the website |
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 | | Summary table of pension systems in Europe | | The Foundation offers a summary table of all the different pension systems in the 27 Member States of the European Union, updated and available in French and English. | | Read the study |
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 | | European recovery plans: figures and priorities | | In respose to the economic and social consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, to limit the risk of disparities within the single market and to implement the dual climate and digital transition, the European Union has established a €672.5 billion recovery fund, known as the Recovery and Resilience Facility. The Foundation's interactive map provides a country-by-country summary of the plans, including amounts, timetables and priorities. | | Read the study |
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 | | Facing Trump and Putin, the EU searches for the funds to defence itself | | 02/02/2025 | | Read the article |
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 | | Por qué Alemania se enfrenta a unas de las elecciones mas complicadas de su historia | | 18/02/2025 | | Read the article |
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 | | Frente a Trump y Putin, la UE està buscando dinero para defenderse | | 03/02/2025 | | Read the article |
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