Opinion

For a new European integration landscape

For a long time, Wandel durch Handel ("change through trade") was the unofficial slogan of the European security architecture. The war in Ukraine has ruthlessly revealed that the German government's long and naively negligent adherence to this principle has tended to rather bring about the opposite of peace and democratic progress in Europe. Now is the time to rebuild the European integration landscape on the basis of democracy and the rule of law.

By Redaktion Table

Why technology is power and Europe doesn't have enough of it

The EU is at risk of being left behind technologically. It urgently needs allies like the USA to stand up to major powers like Russia and China. However, it cannot submit to them.

By Redaktion Table

What's cooking in Brussels

By Claire Stam

Why the French Presidency had promised more than it had achieved on climate

In two weeks the French Council Presidency will come to an end. In today's Opinion, Susi Dennison takes a look back at the points that have been redeemed and those that are still open.

By Redaktion Table

Rethinking global supply chains

Europe has become critically dependent on China in some respects. As a result, global supply chains need to be reconsidered and reorganized. Shifting production back from China to Europe will play an increasingly important role in this process.

By Finn Mayer-Kuckuk

EU needs to share the costs of energy independence

Two of the probably most pressing and important goals currently pursued by the EU are closely linked: To achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, the EU needs to massively promote the expansion of renewable energies. At the same time, this also factors into achieving complete independence from Russian energy supplies. However, both goals can only be reached if the EU pursues a plan for joint financing and does not leave the countries to fend for themselves.

By Redaktion Table

Fight against downward pressure

China's official growth target of 5.5 percent for this year appears increasingly ambitious in view of the many domestic and global challenges. With a large-scale stimulus package announced at the end of May, Beijing nevertheless intends to stay the course.

By Redaktion Table

Climate targets in the fog of war

Global risks create new challenges. Inflation, food shortages and energy supply, which is being redefined by the Russian war in Ukraine, are closely intertwined and mutually reinforcing. These risks also recently occupied the World Economic Forum in Davos very intensively. That's good, but: It seems that the long-term climate goals of the global community have been lost in the fog of war, and that is by no means in Beijing's interest.

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Will Europe’s embargo on Russian oil succeed?

The oil embargo against Russia will not change President Putin's calculation, warns Daniel Gros. The decisive lever is not to limit imports, but to lower the price of oil. But this requires a significant increase in the production volumes of other countries.

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What's cooking in Brussels

By Claire Stam