The shift to the right in Europe continues. After Italy and Sweden, which have already been governed by conservative, populist and nationalist parties since last year, Finland also moved a bit to the right in Sunday's parliamentary elections. This also has consequences at the EU level.
By Eric Bonse
The French President and the head of the EU Commission have a difficult mission ahead of them in Beijing: to present EU and national interests in a unified manner. While von der Leyen insists on a "de-risking" of trade relations, Macron hopes for thick economic contracts with the People's Republic.
By Amelie Richter
Twice, the EU's foreign affairs representative Josep Borrell announced an agreement in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. Twice, in retrospect, this has turned out to be half the truth. On Tuesday, Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić and Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti will meet again in Brussels.
By Stephan Israel