Carnegie Europe
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Hungary and Poland are blocking an EU recovery package designed to overcome the deep economic crisis of Europe caused by the coronavirus. Only the political will of EU leaders can stop them.
Neither values nor geopolitics played any role when EU leaders agreed to spend their way out of the coronavirus crisis at a marathon summit. Once again, Europe as a strategic player has been postponed.*
For the European Union to become a global player without Britain, there must be a major shift of alliances and direction inside the bloc.
Two constituencies in Central Europe are essential to countering authoritarian tendencies in the region—and preventing centrist voters from being pushed toward the anti-EU fringe.
European countries want a stronger foreign and defense policy, but they still don’t share a common threat perception.
Instead of using Brexit to strengthen its position inside the EU, Poland is damaging its own interests by alienating Germany.
Besides its immense symbolic importance for Poland, the 2016 NATO summit in Warsaw is also about Germany’s increasing role in the alliance.
Britain’s decision to leave the EU is a chance for Poland and Germany to work more closely together for Europe and the transatlantic relationship.
A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
Something is out of sync between Berlin and Warsaw at a time when they need more than ever to work together.