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As China's commercial stranglehold tightens on Europe, the European Union must rethink its approach to free trade. With European markets flooded with Chinese exports that threaten jobs and widen the trade deficit, the EU has adopted coercive measures and is stepping up trade agreements with third countries (Canada, Mercosur, India, Australia). The "Industrial Accelerator", currently under negotiation, would introduce a European preference clause in public procurement, but the forthcoming European Council meeting on 15–16 October should provide an opportunity to adopt the measures needed to stand up to the Middle Kingdom.
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Editorial
12 October 2026
Public and private debt is rising everywhere, in the United States as well as in China, whilst criticism often focuses on Italy or France. Debt is not a moral failing but a management issue, one th
Editorial
5 October 2026
During his apostolic journey to France, Pope Leo XIV made Europe the central theme of his speech delivered in Metz on 28 September. Expressing his commitment to a just and united world, he drew on
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Both contested and sought after, Europe embodies the relative exercise of sovereignty in the 21st century. Just as the 'European reflex' has taken hold amongst the continent's economic and social a
Strategy, Security and Defence
22 July 2026
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