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<title>Europe’s Energy Powers Pull Apart As Industrial Crisis Deepens</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 18:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Europe’s biggest economies are no longer moving in the same direction. As energy costs rise again, heavy industry weakens and defence spending explodes, Germany, France and Italy are increasingly pursuing their own survival strategies while Brussels struggles to hold together a coherent economic plan.]]></description>
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<title>Iran War Pushes Europe Towards Economic Breakdown</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 18:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Europe is staring at the return of a nightmare it thought it had escaped. Fresh economic data and analyst warnings suggest the Iran conflict is dragging the continent towards stagflation – the toxic mix of rising prices, weak growth and collapsing confidence that haunted Western economies in the 1970s.]]></description>
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<title>Europe’s Supply Chain Panic: Brussels Realises It Has No Backup Plan</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 18:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[After Covid, the Ukraine war and now the Iran conflict, a grim conclusion is taking hold inside Europe’s strategic circles: the continent keeps discovering its vulnerabilities only after the crisis begins. The HCSS column argues that Europe must urgently build strategic stockpiles – from fertiliser and energy to semiconductors – because global supply chains are becoming weapons in geopolitical conflicts.]]></description>
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<title>Britain Pays Again: Europe’s Migrant Border Failure Gets a New Price Tag</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 18:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A new UK–France migration deal is being sold as a breakthrough. In reality, it is another expensive attempt to contain a crisis that neither side has managed to stop. London will hand over up to £660 million to France over three years to curb small-boat crossings, with part of the money tied to results.]]></description>
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<title>Trump’s Trade Ultimatum: Europe Told To Stop Stalling</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 11:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A fresh transatlantic row is exposing how little room Europe has when Washington decides to play hardball. The Politico report centres on a blunt warning from Donald Trump’s ambassador to the EU: stop reopening the deal, stop delaying implementation and honour what was agreed.]]></description>
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<title>Europe’s Energy Panic Returns</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 17:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Four years after Russia’s gas squeeze sent Europe into economic shock, Brussels is bracing for another energy mess – this time driven by war in the Middle East and the threat of disrupted oil and gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz. The CER commentary and wider Reuters reporting paint a grim picture of a continent still dangerously exposed to events it cannot control.]]></description>
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<title>Europe’s Self-Inflicted Humiliation: When Weakness Becomes Policy</title>
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<dc:creator>Operator14</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The commentary delivers a brutal diagnosis of how Europe now talks about itself – and why it is doing real damage. Europe’s leaders increasingly frame the EU as helpless, late and outmatched, not because it is always true, but because humiliation has become a communications strategy. The piece argues that this habit, meant to shock publics into accepting reforms or sacrifices, is backfiring badly.]]></description>
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<title>France Wants to Lead: The Capacity Is There, the Conditions Are Not</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 14:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[France still sees itself as a leader, but this study questions how far that ambition can travel in today’s Europe. Paris has military assets, diplomatic reach and strategic instinct. What it lacks is a stable platform to turn intent into sustained leadership. Capability exists. Consistency does not.]]></description>
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<title>Germany’s Back Door Problem: Migration Keeps Flowing, Control Lags Behind</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Germany thought it had migration under control. This working paper shows otherwise. Flows through the Western Balkans remain a quiet but persistent pressure point, feeding Germany’s asylum system and exposing gaps between policy promises and reality. The system is not collapsing, but it is creaking under strain that politicians prefer not to spotlight.]]></description>
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<title>Germany’s Space Gamble: €35 Billion, Big Promises, Hard Risks</title>
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<dc:creator>Operator14</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Germany is pouring billions into military space, and this commentary asks whether the bet will pay off. Berlin wants satellites, resilience and strategic relevance, but the analysis makes clear that money alone will not fix deep capability gaps. Space is becoming central to modern warfare, and Germany is starting late in a crowded, unforgiving race.]]></description>
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