Europe Archive

Europe’s two leading powers are currently mired in domestic political drama at a moment in which the EU is facing enormous geopolitical challenges.

With a Socialist anti-independence leader in Catalonia, dialogue appears to have paid off. But the Spanish PM paid a high price.

Viktor Orban has long drawn Brussels’ ire. With Hungary now holding the EU’s rotating presidency, he could do more damage than ever before.

Europeans know they can’t fully rely on the U.S. anymore. Fortunately, in this fluid trans-Atlantic equation, they have three “lifeboats.”