Tag: European Union
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Securing Europe’s Supply of Raw Materials
China’s April 2025 rare-earth export controls exposed the EU’s dependency, and vulnerability. This article asks whether a single market for waste and recycling, championed by Draghi, could turn Europe’s own end-of-life products into a genuine strategic asset securing critical raw material supply.
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Uniting Europe Through Digital Activism
In an interview with EPIS, activist Milan discussed youth mobilisation, pro-EU activism, and social media’s role in politics. He addressed online disinformation, structural reforms like ending the EU Council veto, and stressed defending democracy and unity across Europe.
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The Next Stage: Migration & Futuro Nazionale
The emergence of Futuro Nazionale represents not only another far right party in Italy, but also a new era of European migration politics, wherein securitization of migration has become so normalized that political contestation now centers on who takes the hardest line against immigration.
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Trump, Xi and the Post-Unipolar World
The Trump–Xi meeting reflects the emergence of a post-unipolar international order defined by great-power rivalry, technological competition and geopolitical fragmentation. Europe now faces the challenge of remaining strategically relevant.
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Lessons from the Black Sea Forum
Interview with former German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on Ukraine’s resilience, Europe’s responsibility, and why political will and civic engagement remain essential for lasting peace.