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Europe

Brussels, the capitals and the architecture of the bloc.

20 articles · Updated daily

Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on EU enlargement from the Madrid deskLead Analysis · 20 Jun 2026

The Quiet Repricing of EU enlargement, and Why It Matters

Officials and allocators in Madrid are quietly repricing assumptions around EU enlargement. THE WORLD NEWS examines the institutional shift and its medium-horizon consequences.

By Lucia Henningsen6 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on fiscal rules from the Rome desk
Briefing19 Jun 2026

What Fiscal rules in 2026

By Camille Verhoeven · 7 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on defense industrial base from the Warsaw desk
Briefing17 Jun 2026

How Defense industrial base Across Three Continents

By Henrik Vossberg · 8 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on energy union from the Stockholm desk
Briefing16 Jun 2026

Inside Energy union Under Pressure

By Sophie Lindqvist · 9 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on capital markets union from the Amsterdam desk
Briefing14 Jun 2026

Mapping Capital markets union Reshaping Global Allocators

By Marcus Halberg · 10 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on migration policy from the Vienna desk
Briefing13 Jun 2026

Behind Migration policy After the Pivot

By Jonathan Pierce · 11 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on green deal financing from the Helsinki desk
Briefing11 Jun 2026

The New Architecture of Green deal financing Beyond the Headlines

By Lucia Henningsen · 12 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on competitiveness agenda from the Dublin desk
Briefing10 Jun 2026

Decoding Competitiveness agenda at Sovereign Scale

By Camille Verhoeven · 6 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on industrial subsidies from the Lisbon desk
Briefing8 Jun 2026

The Hidden Logic Behind Industrial subsidies in the Post-Plateau Economy

By Henrik Vossberg · 7 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on critical raw materials from the Bucharest desk
Briefing7 Jun 2026

Why Critical raw materials Through an Institutional Lens

By Sophie Lindqvist · 8 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on Eurozone divergence from the Athens desk
Briefing5 Jun 2026

The Quiet Repricing of Eurozone divergence, and Why It Matters

By Marcus Halberg · 9 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on banking union from the Prague desk
Briefing4 Jun 2026

What Banking union in 2026

By Jonathan Pierce · 10 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on Schengen pressures from the Copenhagen desk
Briefing2 Jun 2026

How Schengen pressures Across Three Continents

By Lucia Henningsen · 11 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on digital services from the Budapest desk
Briefing1 Jun 2026

Inside Digital services Under Pressure

By Camille Verhoeven · 12 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on sovereign borrowing from the Sofia desk
Briefing30 May 2026

Mapping Sovereign borrowing Reshaping Global Allocators

By Henrik Vossberg · 6 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on strategic autonomy from the Riga desk
Briefing29 May 2026

Behind Strategic autonomy After the Pivot

By Sophie Lindqvist · 7 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on trade defense from the Tallinn desk
Briefing27 May 2026

The New Architecture of Trade defense Beyond the Headlines

By Marcus Halberg · 8 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on skills policy from the Brussels desk
Briefing26 May 2026

Decoding Skills policy at Sovereign Scale

By Jonathan Pierce · 9 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on public investment from the Berlin desk
Briefing24 May 2026

The Hidden Logic Behind Public investment in the Post-Plateau Economy

By Lucia Henningsen · 10 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on sovereign rating dynamics from the Paris desk
Briefing23 May 2026

Why Sovereign rating dynamics Through an Institutional Lens

By Camille Verhoeven · 11 Min Read