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Macron: International turbulence helps the president make a comeback.

France's President will receive Volodymyr Zelenskiy this evening in Paris and on Thursday the supporters of Ukraine at the summit of the "Coalition of the Willing." In view of the rapprochement between Washington and Moscow, the previously ailing head of state is slipping into a leadership role.

By Claire Stam

SME Envoy: Commission disappoints economy.

Commission President von der Leyen is reneging on her promise to appoint a high-ranking special envoy to represent the interests of SMEs. For this, she is now receiving clear criticism.

By Till Hoppe

Why the Kremlin understands Aleksandar Vučić better than Brussels.

Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa received Aleksandar Vučić for dinner on Tuesday. This is although hundreds of thousands of citizens and students in Serbia have been taking to the streets for months against the authoritarian president and demanding his resignation. In today’s Opinion, Dušan Reljić wonders whether the EU leadership will at least speak plainly to Vučić behind closed doors.

By Stephan Israel