Europe is reopening the door to international carbon credits as part of its 2040 climate target. The Bruegel policy brief treats this as a potentially useful tool – but one loaded with old traps that could shred the EU’s climate credibility if handled badly.

Europe has two giant institutions meant to protect it – NATO and the EU – yet the CEPA analysis argues that they still fail to work together with the urgency the threat demands. The problem is not a lack of summits, statements or polite language.

HCSS’s summer monitor gives the Netherlands a narrow pass – and then strips away the comfort. For the fourth measurement in a row, Dutch citizens rate social stability at 6.1. That looks steady. It is not reassuring.

DGAP’s white paper delivers a sharp warning to Berlin: the wake-up-call phase is over. Germany is already under hybrid attack, from drones and cyber strikes to sabotage, disinformation and economic espionage.

InfoSecurity24’s report turns France’s cocaine boom into a grim warning on internal security. A drug once linked to elites and nightclubs has gone mass-market, reaching workers, farmers, the poor and people crushed by stress, long hours and social decline.

Institut Montaigne’s action-note trilogy gives Brussels a blunt warning on energy. The EU still wants carbon neutrality by 2050, but the path to get there is now full of traps.

POLITICO’s report turns Dunkirk into a warning for Europe’s industrial dream. A once-depressed steel and port region in northern France has dragged itself back into the game with batteries, green steel, logistics and heavy investment.