Sharing this interesting paper from Dr. Ilke Toygür (@ilketoygur.bsky.social), director of the Global Policy Center at IE School of Politics, Economics & Global Affairs . In it the authors look at the political impact of the European Green Deal ahead of the 2024 European Parliament elections. 🇪🇺🌱🗳️📄 IE University 🔗 ie.edu/gpc/publicatio…

Phenomenal The New Yorker piece capturing the scale and scope of the solar energy revolution: "The power is there [...] Our local star, which already provides heat and light and photosynthesis, is prepared to offer us all the energy we could ever use" newyorker.com/news/annals-of…

NEW: Merz is convening an emergency virtual summit on Wednesday with European leaders, Trump and Zelenskyy. The call comes ahead of Friday’s summit in Alaska between Trump and Putin on the war in Ukraine politico.eu/article/german… Hans von der Burchard POLITICOEurope

Spot-on by Gilles Gressani: "Europe’s submission [...] amounts to the rejection of any substantial autonomy in exchange for protection." ft.com/content/0fa02c…

There are two European camps on Trump 2.0: pro-deference and pro-defiance. The pro-deference camp is currently calling the shots. But one has to wonder for how long, at the current rate, that will be sustainable.

Ahead of the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska wrote the op-ed for The Economist builds on earlier ECFR research. The Kremlin’s Arctic policy stems from deep insecurities — and hopes for a “grand bargain” with US on the world order. What it means for Europe: economist.com/by-invitation/…

The EU Promising to buy $250 bn of American energy exports and technology helped to clinch the deal with Trump, but it is completely unrealistic given recent trade patterns.

Germany, Forsa poll: AfD-ESN: 26% (+1) CDU/CSU-EPP: 24% (-1) SPD-S&D: 13% GRÜNE-G/EFA: 13% (+1) LINKE-LEFT: 11% (-1) BSW-NI: 4% FDP-RE: 3% +/- vs. 29 July - 04 August 2025 Fieldwork: 05-11 August 2025 Sample size: 2505 ➤ europeelects.eu/germany

On August 15th, the American and Russian presidents will meet in Alaska to discuss the future of Ukraine without Ukrainians, or even Europeans, in the room. Quick results are still unlikely, and in any case, Europeans still have the cards to shape them, writes JanaKobzova, Senior

Trump greets Putin on a red carpet laid out for him, and they shake hands.

New. I’m told there is a provisional agreement of an air ceasefire until 3-way leaders meeting. “We think the skies will give signals about provisional results of these talks,” source tells me. "The next week will be interesting.”

Language here seems weaker than in August 13 coalition-of-the-willing statement (consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press…). Then: “meaningful negotiations can only take place in context of ceasefire or lasting & significant cessation of hostilities”

I fell asleep at midnight and woke up at 4:30 am to watch the summit, read first takes and draft this policy alert. Thanks to our ECFR team, here is a quick reflection: Bering bad news: Trump, Putin and European lessons from the Alaska summit: ecfr.eu/article/bering… via ECFR

Bering bad news: Trump, Putin and European lessons from the Alaska summit ecfr.eu/article/bering…

In decades to come, there will be many books written about how European states with well over 500 million people and an economy more than 20 times the size of Russia and approx equal to the USA, end up a group of sad bystanders in the making of their own destiny.

Ahead of Monday’s much anticipated White House meeting, Trump — after rolling out the red carpet for Putin in Alaska — posts a worrying statement that lays the onus on resolving Russia’s war on Zelensky.

Maybe a good day for European leaders to read our ECFR policy brief with JanaKobzova and Nicu Popescu Preventing the next war: A European plan for Ukraine: ecfr.eu/publication/pr… via ECFR

Among European leaders in Washington today, Merz has been the most robust in asserting his positions rather than merely kowtowing. Not entirely predictable from a CDU Atlanticist. But a reflection of nuances that Jana Puglierin & I tried to capture here: ecfr.eu/article/the-me…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pushes back on the idea of a peace agreement without first seeing a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, with him stating: “I can't imagine that the next meeting would take place without a ceasefire. So let's work on that and let's try to put

For all their values, European leaders are subordinate because their economies, militaries and politics are fragmented. For all his shamelessness, Trump is dominant because (however dismally) he speaks for one economy, one military, one political system. It’s that simple.