Also in this newsletter: fate of Lebanon peacekeepers overshadows Irish leader’s White House visit
Also in this newsletter: Will tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles hurt the green transition?
Von der Leyen and Starmer agree closer co-operation between London and Brussels
Also in this newsletter: German business’s war on red tape
Also in this newsletter: how pro-Russia sentiment is spreading in Italy — and elsewhere in Europe
Also in this newsletter: Tusk uses immigration audit to hit back at former rightwing government
Current EU structures discourage joined-up thinking in pursuing geostrategic goals
Also in this newsletter: Mussolini’s granddaughter leaves Italy’s governing party for being too right-wing
The bloc urgently needs new ways of working and must change how it conceives of key partnerships
Also in this newsletter: Why the EU has not joined western powers in sanctioning Iran over arms deliveries to Russia (yet)
Also in this newsletter: Serbia inks a deal to buy French fighter jets
Russia is displeased with the latest sign that President Aleksandar Vučić is integrating his economy with Europe and the US
Officials to assess possible impact on bloc’s trade and defence policies if former president returns to White House
Diplomats hold crisis talks in effort to stop full-blown war in reaction to killing of Hizbollah and Hamas leaders
Also in this newsletter: has Giorgia Meloni manoeuvred herself into a corner?
Hungarian prime minister tells EU leaders in private letter that Republican candidate would rapidly push to end the war
Keir Starmer wants to establish defence pact and ease trade tensions in areas such as agricultural goods
Also in this newsletter: how children could help deepen the EU’s capital markets
Hungarian PM’s freelance diplomacy sparked condemnation from European and Nato allies
Hungarian premier has rattled EU and Nato allies with recent diplomatic forays to Kyiv and Moscow
Prominent critic of military aid to Kyiv asks neighbour to consider ceasefire proposal
Long-standing concerns in EU capitals about US president’s fitness are starting to be aired publicly
Focusing on the environment and technology can lay the ground for handling non-military as well as military challenges
Hungary’s Eurosceptic premier has blocked an increasing number of Ukraine-related decisions
Leaders accuse Beijing of ‘enabling’ Ukraine conflict and consider more confrontational stance on its economic policies
