Politics
Banque de France Governor François Villeroy de Galhau: ‘Europe and America will either win together or fall together’
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On April 17, 2026, Foreign Policy Research Institute published at its web-site an article by Robert Beck. The author analyses the consequences of Orban’s defeat and victory of the Hungarian Tisza party in this month’s election in the country. He believes that it is not only the foreign policy of Budapest that is at stake.
Illusion of Turning the Tables
An ECFR publication of 16 April 2026 authored by Jeremy Cliffe, the organization’s editorial director, deals with how Brussels should shape its relations with Budapest now that Viktor Orbán is on his way out.
Leverage Without Guarantees
When crisis strikes, we divide, and division breeds inaction. This is the general understanding about Europe’s role in the world. But a look at events in the Middle East suggests that this is not always the case. Europe is more paralyzed than divided over the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran.
A Ruthless Diagnosis. Europe More Paralyzed than Divided
On April 8 2026, the Breugel Institute (Brussels European and Global Economic Laboratory) web-site published a policy brief Risks for Europe of US dominance of global asset management on the risks of growing influence of US asset management companies in the EU.
Risks for Europe of US dominance of global asset management
On April 7, 2026, the Centre for European Reform published at its web-site an article dedicated to the 1 year anniversary of the EU goods duties imposed by Donald Trump.
One year liberation day: The delusion of transatlantic economic divorce
Hungary may become the first member State of a new European union: a Europe of free States is coming to replace the Europe of supranational institutions.
New Eastern Empire to Wreck EU: What Péter Magyar Starts with as Head of Hungary
You can’t quarrel with Russia and the USA at once and cherish a hope for some mythical ‘cavalry from behind the hill’ that will come and help. It is not cavalry that will come but people accustomed to surviving in deserts and wastelands – into which Europe will inevitably turn without an industry and agriculture of its own. For the sake of its own survival.
Oil? Gas? Fertilizer? Just Life.
A permanent citizens’ forum as the fourth branch of governance in the European Union should give citizens greater influence over European politics. This is the argument put forward by the French-Greek-British professor of international relations Kalypso Nicolaidis.
Kalypso Nicolaidis: I Want a Woodstock for European Politics
On 12 March, an article entitled The Iran War: A Test Case for Germany’s Credibility by David Jalilvand and Stefan Meister, working for the German Council on Foreign Relations, was posted on the website of the Internationale Politik Quarterly journal. It discusses Germany’s issues and opportunities in connection with the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran.
The Iran War: A Test Case for Germany’s Credibility
On 11 March, an article by senior research fellow Nadia Schadlow, entitled The limits of global governance, was posted on the website of the Hudson Institute. The article deals with the State’s changing role amid the new reality in international relations.
The Limits of Global Governance
On March 5, 2026, BRUEGEL (Brussels European and Global Economic Laboratory), a think tank, published on their web site a policy brief The case for a European Union digital enforcement authority making a case for setting up an additional digital rights agency in the EU.
The Case for a European Union Digital Enforcement Authority
