List of EU articles
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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to students at Sun Yat-sen University in China. Macron Said Out Loud What Europeans Really Think About China
Leaders in Washington need to face an uncomfortable truth: A self-reliant EU is a better partner than a dependent one.
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U.S. President Joe Biden walks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. Will U.S. Support for Ukraine Outlast Biden?
China hawks in Washington rattle nerves in Europe.
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Zelensky and Stoltenberg stand side by side at podiums. A Ukrainian flag and a NATO flag stand between them. Europe’s New Frontier
We thought there were buffer states in Europe. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has revealed they are frontier ones.
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French President Emmanuel Macron looks on prior to the start of a European Union summit in Brussels on March 24, 2022. To Save France, Macron Is Dividing Europe
Plans to reshape the European Union in France’s image have met stiff resistance.
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French President Emmanuel Macron, followed by French Armies Minister Sebastien Lecornu (2nd R), walks past a Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft at the Mont-de-Marsan air base, on Jan. 20. Europe Doesn’t Need the United States Anymore
Until EU leaders accept that the continent can stand on its own feet and Americans give up the role of global police, dependency on Washington will continue.
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French President Emmanuel Macron is interviewed by French television host Caroline Roux in Paris on Oct. 12, 2022. Europe Needs a Strategy for Russia After Putin
Competing ideas about the end state of the war are striving for dominance.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a press conference on the Global Gateway at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Europe Is Trying (and Failing) to Beat China at the Development Game
The EU’s much-hyped Global Gateway is just old wine in new bottles, critics say.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen holds a press conference about Russia sanctions at EU headquarters in Brussels on Sept. 28. Why the Oil Price Cap Won’t Hurt Putin
The West wants to have its Russian oil price cake and eat it too.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shakes hands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as then-Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi (L), French President Emmanuel Macron (C), and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (R) look on during the second day of an EU leaders summit at the European Council building in Brussels. Brussels Brings Orban to Heel—for Now
A little more carrot and a little less stick got Budapest on board with the EU over a big Ukraine aid package.
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French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Joe Biden walk along the colonnade of the White House in Washington on Dec. 1. 2022. Biden’s ‘America First’ Policies Threaten Rift With Europe
Europeans consider vast U.S. subsidies for cars, clean energy, and semiconductors a danger to their economies.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 4. Olaf Scholz Is Undermining Western Unity on China
The German chancellor’s go-it-alone approach has alienated domestic, EU, and international partners.
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The Liberian-flagged oil tanker Ice Energy (L) transfers crude oil from the Russian-flagged oil tanker Lana (R), off the shore of Karystos, on the Greek island of Evia, on May 29. How Greek Companies and Ghost Ships Are Helping Russia
Vessels from Greece and phantom fleets of unregistered ships have allowed Moscow to evade sanctions and export its oil—but it’s about to get more difficult.
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Protesters in Germany display Iranian and Kurdish flags in a rally in support of the demonstrations in Iran. If Europe Wants to Sanction Iran, It Knows What to Do
United Nations sanctions are already on the books—they just need to be reactivated.
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French President Emmanuel Macron hosts German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Germany’s Awakening Piques France’s Amour-Propre
The special relationship between Berlin and Paris that underpins the European Union is under growing strain.
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A man swims in the frozen water of the Trocadero fountain in front Eiffel Tower, on January 6, 2017 in Paris. The European Project Is Now at the Mercy of the Weather
This winter, Europe may be facing a crisis without any clear solution.
