France’s far left is not the favourite for the Élysée in 2027. But it can shape parliamentary majorities and coalition red lines.

The economic and financial crisis of 2008 prompted the European Union to introduce an early diagnosis system – the Macroeconomic Imbalances Procedure.

A recent Financial Times investigation has uncovered a series of secret contacts between Donald Trump’s team and representatives of the separatist movement in Canada’s Alberta province.

National Rally's Jordan Bardella has emerged as the frontrunner in France's presidential race, confronting the European Union with the prospect of a far-right Euroskeptic in the Elysée.

Europe has been increasingly speaking about digital sovereignty as a necessary condition for security and competitiveness.

The level of unfriendly attitudes towards Ukrainians is rising rapidly in Poland.

Ukraine is apparently due to join the European Union in 2027 according to the draft "peace plan" agreed upon by Ukraine, the United States and some European leaders.

The Swiss parliament has allowed the export and re-export of Swiss-made weapons to 25 countries, most of them in Europe, even if those countries are involved in an armed conflict.

The rhetoric of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has changed sharply in recent weeks.

Czechia has plunged into a full-blown political crisis, triggered by a conflict between President Petr Pavel and the coalition party Motorists for Themselves just a month and a half into the work of the new government.

The killings of two innocent civilians – both US citizens – by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis this month may mark a turning point for the United States.

The current situation around Greenland has revived Canada’s fears about security and political stability, prompting Canadian politicians and the public to mobilise in defence of national interests.

On 25 January in Vilnius, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held his first-ever meeting with the head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus (the government-in-exile), Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya – a meeting he had previously carefully avoided.

Russia remains a full participant in sensitive scientific and technological projects – as though this involvement were detached from the war, sanctions and security risks it creates.

Ukraine's artificial intelligence market is estimated at nearly $420 million in 2025. The country is home to more than 240 AI companies, and the number of AI/ML specialists exceeds 6,100.

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has announced his resignation exactly one year before the end of his second term, openly hinting at plans to move into parliamentary politics.

On 22 January, Donald Trump held the inaugural meeting of his new foreign policy initiative, the Board of Peace, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

The US push to annex Greenland, if not abandoned altogether, has at least been postponed for the foreseeable future.

Recent developments have made clear that neither NATO nor the European Union is fully suited to meet the mounting challenges that Europe faces.

Leaders of states, governments and global companies gathered for the World Economic Forum this week in Davos, Switzerland. Despite its name, there was a clear understanding that this meeting would be not only about economics, but also about geopolitics.