Editorial
15 August 2025
'Europe remains a true economic power, with a gross domestic product that still rivals that of China and the United States, but the outlook is much bleaker. Growth is sluggish, and is undermining social peace as well as political stability and fuelling extremism.' For Jean-Dominique Giuliani, Europe must not only think of itself as a geopolitical power: it must also reassert its economic and financial power in order to build and maintain a military force and genuine diplomatic influence.
News
1 July 2025
The Schuman Report on Europe, State of the Union 2025 is now available! This 16th edition highlights the European Union's strategic acceleration in the face of global upheaval and its projection into a new phase of its history. Twenty-one contributions from experts provide a relevant analysis of the major issues of our time. Enriched with maps and annotated statistics, the Schuman Report 2025 is an indispensable tool for understanding the multidimensional challenges facing contemporary Europe. The ebook is available on the websites of the Robert Schuman Foundation and major bookshops.
Future and outlook
9 November 2024
since one year, the Schuman Network, an initiative of the Foundation, is working to promote the sharing of ideas on a European scale. With 21 members from 13 European countries, the Schuman Network is a forum to pool research on current European issues. Since its launch, over 130 studies have been published.
Member states
Maria-Christina Sotiropoulou
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10 September 2024
Editorial
29 August 2025
"The European Commission prides itself on having negotiated the best possible deal in the face of Trump's dictates. By accepting a unilateral increase in customs duties on its products entering the United States, Europe will thus pay tribute to the empire and be seen as the soft underbelly of the West. It is urgent that Europeans finally decide to be a great power and behave as such, so that they are free to refuse the imposition of constraints external to their will. The path suggested by Mario Draghi to avoid this humiliation and decline is the only one possible: to behave on the international stage as a state."
Internal market and competition
Jean-Paul Betbeze
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5 November 2024

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"The European Commission prides itself on having negotiated the best possible deal in the face of Trump's dictates. By accepting a unilateral increase in customs duties on its products entering the United States, Europe will thus pay tribute to the empire and be seen as the soft underbelly of the West. It is urgent that Europeans finally decide to be a great power and behave as such, so that they are free to refuse the imposition of constraints external to their will. The path suggested by Mario Draghi to avoid this humiliation and decline is the only one possible: to behave on the international stage as a state."
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Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis
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22 July 2025
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Paul Gogo
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15 July 2025

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