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Adding to my list of summer readings: I recommend this compendium on shifting EU-China relations, edited by my great European Policy Centre colleague Ivano di Carlo👇

All these insightful contributions, together with foreword by Amb. Jorge Toledo EU Delegation to China and my preface can be found in our new Compendium: "🇪🇺-🇨🇳relations at a crossroads: Vol.III: Business unusual". 🔽READ HERE🔽 epc.eu/en/Publication… 17/17

My European Policy Centre colleagues Fabian Zuleeg , Janis A. Emmanouilidis & I had a bash at the old debate about a group of EU members moving ahead to keep EUrope's capacity to act. The overall political context makes us argue that now is the time, and Warsaw should lead in security & defence 👇

"EUrope requires a bold assessment of where it stands, a compass on where it wants to be, and a realistic but also ambitious plan how to achieve its goals. As the new EU leadership is getting off ground, the political centre must boldly use its majority in the EU institutions to

"Even if a fundamental higher level of differentiation in the context of a supra-governmental avantgarde entails some dangers and will be politically difficult to materialise, it is the radical change that we require. Alternatively, there is a real risk that the #EU as we know it

Technology development is a lengthy and complex process, which requires “patient” capital throughout the entire cycle of innovation. New Discussion Paper from European Policy Centre on "Funding Europe's Technology Revival": epc.eu/en/Publication…

As the newly elected Assemblée Nationale in Paris convenes for the first time, listen to my great colleagues Eric Maurice & Paul Taylor discussing the defence and security implications of the 🇫🇷French elections 🎧👉epc.eu/en/podcast #LanguageOfPower

Good to see proposals on differentiation being put forward in #draghireport. Following up on Janis A. Emmanouilidis, we suggested for 🇵🇱Poland to take the lead on a differentiated approach in European security & defence in our latest discussion paper for European Policy Centre👇

"If pro-Europeans sacrifice ambition for a hollow and illusory unity among all member states, they risk continued failure with severe consequences, especially with Donald Trump returning to the White House." Read more in an European Policy Centre commentary by Almut Möller Fabian Zuleeg & me

"Anti-EU leaders led by Victor Orbán will try their best to use the election of Trump to undermine liberal democracy and divide Europeans as part of an overall longer-term strategy to (further) hollow out the EU from within. We should assume that the new US president will support

🔴Post-Summit Briefing | Budapest Summit, US elections, German Gov. collapse On 12 Nov, Fabian Zuleeg Janis A. Emmanouilidis and Almut Möller will break down key outcomes and implications for EU economic security, unity and strategic direction. Register here👉epc.eu/en/events/Buda…

Pro-European forces must fundamentally change their mindset and hedge against what is likely to be a profoundly anti-EU President in the White House. New European Policy Centre publication 👉epc.eu/en/Publication…

Leider reicht #EuropeUnited nicht mehr. Ich habe selbst der ersten von der Leyen Kommission in 2019 das Leitbild "Re-unite Europe" empfohlen. Aber wir leben heute in einer anderen, wesentlich gefährlicheren Realität. Starke Anti-Kräfte innerhalb der #EU wollen die Union von

We’re pleased to announce that Andrius Kubilius, the new EU Commissioner for Defence & Space, will be delivering a keynote at the #EPCAnnualConference 📅 5 December | 📍 Brussels Register Now 👉 epc.eu/en/events/Lead… Fabian Zuleeg Janis A. Emmanouilidis Almut Möller

Very good that #EU countries are discussing a €500bn intergovernmental fund for common defence projects & arms procurement, which would issue bonds backed by national guarantees from participating countries rather than the EU as a whole. This goes very much in the direction of

Thinking about EU reform in light of Russia's war and decisions on enlargement is key, but not high on the agenda. That is why Andrew Duff writing on Britain's EUropean future for European Policy Centre is an important piece of the puzzle.

Europe is a peace project, but peace without defence is an illusion. Europe’s security starts in Ukraine. That is why we need to continue to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Ukrainians. European Policy Centre

A few thoughts for EUrope on how to read Chancellor Merz: The oath of protecting the German people from harm will weigh heavily upon his shoulders. But don't underestimate his determination to deliver on that promise, along with his European partners. epc.eu/en/Publication…

Adding, given events around the vote today: be prepared, there will be many more "first time ever" moments to come (reminding of the first ever of the "old" Bundestag after the elections voting for a historic change of the Constitution to unleash massive investment in defense).

our latest with Claudia Major Germany’s strategic reckoning: Finally ready to assume leadership epc.eu/en/Publication…