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Europe’s Factory Fantasy: Dunkirk Works, Brussels Wobbles
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.
Britain’s Defence Cash Gap: Investors Won’t Rescue a Broken System
RUSI’s paper gives the UK a hard defence-industry warning.
Ministers want more weapons, more innovation and more factory capacity, but the public purse is already under strain.
Europe’s China Trap: Fight Now, or Lose More Later
IPQ’s commentary gives Brussels a bleak choice on China.
Europe wants to de-risk, fix trade imbalances and avoid a trade war all at once.
That comfort zone is collapsing.
Europe’s Megabank Trap: Deregulation Is the Wrong Escape
Bruegel’s working paper lands in the middle of Europe’s latest competitiveness panic.
Big EU banks want relief, US rules are being loosened, and Brussels is under pressure to respond.
Europe’s Aid Retreat: Defence Rises, Influence Falls
RUSI’s commentary delivers a sharp security warning for Europe.
Governments are pouring more money into defence, but quietly cutting the slower tools that stop crises before they hit Europe’s doorstep.
Europe’s Paperwork Fix Won’t Save It: Scale Is the Real Problem
CEPS’s commentary delivers a clear warning to Brussels: cutting red tape is useful, but it will not make Europe competitive on its own.
Europe’s Crypto Sanctions Gap: Russia Finds the Seams
RUSI’s commentary exposes a dangerous hole in Europe’s sanctions war.
Crypto is no longer a fringe trick used by rogue wallets and shady exchanges.
For Russia, Iran and other sanctioned actors, it is becoming part of the machinery that moves money, buys goods and keeps pressure campaigns alive.
The EU has started to react, but the warning is stark: Moscow’s networks adapt faster than Brussels can list names.
