Europe Pays for Wars, Its Elites Fear Peace

From France’s public debt to Germany’s deindustrialisation: the price of European elites’ geopolitical choices and the question of who will politically survive the peace.

From France’s public debt to Germany’s deindustrialisation: the price of European elites’ geopolitical choices and the question of who will politically survive the peace.

Croatia’s Strategic Role at the Crossroads of European Infrastructure and Transatlantic Security

This 14 July, France did more than commemorate the fall of the Bastille. On the Champs-Élysées, Macron’s vision of Europe was also on parade. The national holiday, through which France has celebrated its Republic for nearly a century and a half, was turned into a stage for promoting the Coalition of the Willing and expressing support for Ukraine. This raised a fundamental question: where does the French state end, and where does Macron’s Europe begin?

This July 14th, France did not only celebrate the storming of the Bastille. On the Champs-Élysées paraded Macron’s vision of Europe. The national holiday, through which France has celebrated its own Republic for nearly a century and a half, was…

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