Global Europe

What the EU stands to lose from Trump 2.0

For his first full day in office as 47th president, Donald Trump is expected to sign as many as 100 executive orders on climate, tariffs and national security. Meanwhile, the European Union remains without clear…

Does the Orbán-Trump bromance still smoulder? | Radio Schuman

Yesterday, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán boasted about Donald Trump’s presidency in the US, which he said would trigger a new right-wing surge in Europe. Today Radio Schuman digs into current relations between Hungarian Prime…

The lasting friendship between ECR and Trump’s Republicans

Which EU politicians will attend the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States today and why are the European Conservatives and Reformists so tight with the Republicans? Questions Radio Schuman answers today.…

Why Brussels is excluded from the Israel-Hamas peace talks

Despite months of brokering by Qatar, Egypt, and the US, Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks have made little progress. The EU, which has contributed over €500 million in humanitarian aid to Palestinians over the past 25 years…

Lift EU sanctions on Syria for ‘a very good start’, says Syria expert | Radio Schuman

In ten days, EU foreign affairs ministers will gather in Brussels to discuss relaxing the bloc’s sanctions against Syria. The lifting of sanctions was under consideration since the Islamic militia faction HTS toppled Syria’ former…

What role for the EU in Israeli-Hamas ceasefire?

The EU played no role in the Israeli-Hamas negotiations, but could play an important one in implementing the deal, Hugh Lovatt, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), told Euronews in…

The second front in Putin’s war: The Russification of Ukraine’s occupied territories

Nearly three years since Putin’s full scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia controls much of eastern and southern Ukraine. Nikolay Petrov explains how and why the Kremlin pushes for the “Russification” of the occupied territories.