Europe faces a new border-security dilemma after around 72,000 people crossed from Morocco into Spain’s Ceuta enclave in just two days. An EPC discussion paper warns that social media can accelerate mass migration movements faster than authorities can establish who is responsible.

Europe’s political establishment keeps warning younger voters about the horrors of fascism, but those warnings are losing their force. In a sharp CIDOB commentary, Francis Ghilès argues that the growing appeal of radical-right parties in France, Germany and Italy cannot simply be blamed on fading memories of the Second World War.

The United Nations has put pregnant women and newborn babies at the centre of its latest climate warning – and an Austrian commentator is accusing it of turning a serious health concern into another argument for massive international spending.

France has spent 25 years measuring weaknesses in its schools – without finding a convincing way to reverse them. Institut Montaigne argues that PISA 2025 should not become another burst of national alarm followed by another round of reforms and another three years of drift.

Europe thought it could buy migration security by paying authoritarian neighbours to guard its borders. The Ceuta crisis has exposed how fragile that bargain can become.

Europe is getting older – but ageing alone is not the biggest threat to its long-term care systems. Bruegel’s study finds that the real danger is whether Europeans spend those extra years healthy or living with disabilities that require sustained care.

Germany can launch satellites into orbit, attract billions into start-ups and build cutting-edge industries – yet millions of voters still feel the country’s future has nothing to offer them. The National Interest argues that the AfD’s historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt exposes this dangerous split between a Germany reinventing itself and regions still scarred by decades of economic decline.