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The bloc has swapped Russian pipelines for American tankers — without breaking its addiction to imported fossil fuels.

As modernity falters, sociology cannot diagnose the society it once helped define — and philosophy has taken its place.

Across federalist, fiscal and deliberative proposals, Europe’s reformers keep deferring the one question integration cannot bypass.

Targeted infrastructure spending dampens AfD vote growth in Germany’s transition-pressured regions, but innovation funding still bypasses them.

European law forces 40 per cent gender balance on listed boardrooms but exempts the cabinets that actually wield public power.

Three former European Commissioners warn that scrapping social protections in pursuit of competitiveness will leave the Union weaker, not stronger.

Without large-scale joint debt and deeper safe-asset markets, the euro cannot capitalise on Trump’s assault on dollar credibility.

As eyewitnesses fade and the far right reframes liberation as defeat, EU institutions must answer with policy.

Spain’s heretical VAT cut tames inflation—a model for Europe as Trump’s tariffs and Middle East shocks bite.

AI Productivity growth will underwhelm, not because the technology is weak, but because it creates a bottleneck that earlier digital tools largely avoided.

By coming out in favor of industrial policy after many decades of advising against government intervention in the economy, the World Bank has taken an important step.

From Hegseth’s crusader tattoos to Thiel’s apocalyptic sermons, MAGA is fusing Christianity with raw political power.

Trump’s unchecked Iran war is wrecking supply chains, reigniting inflation, and deepening a global affordability crisis.

As Beijing acknowledges its own overcapacity problem, new research reveals a more complex and more enduring threat to European manufacturing.