Editorial

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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.

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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.

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Future and outlook

 
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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.

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Maria-Christina Sotiropoulou

10 September 2024

Cyprus' history has been marked by a succession of foreign dominations that have shaped its complex identity and internal dynamics. Occupied by the Ottoman Empire in 1571, the island was subjected to the so-called Millet system for three centuries. During this period, Cypriot society was structured...

Editorial

 
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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

 
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Jean-Paul Betbeze

5 November 2024

The hearings of the candidates for the Ursula von der Leyen II Commission just began on November 4, marked by a polite but firm call to order stemming from the Draghi Report published on September 9. The European Union has to get on track for more growth and jobs in a world that is moving faster...

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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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Future and outlook

 
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Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis

22 July 2025

The European Union has several thousand islands, 2,400 of which are inhabited. Island status affects 20.5 million Europeans living in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, as well as in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans in the case of overseas territories. This does not...

Ukraine Russia

 
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Paul Gogo

15 July 2025

Following the failure of negotiations on Ukraine, the Kremlin's attitude should be viewed through the prism of its fears and obsessions. ‘I consider Russians and Ukrainians to be one people. In this sense, all of Ukraine is ours,’ Vladimir Putin declared on 20 June at the St Petersburg...

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