📑The self-destruction of the traditional right represents a massive upheaval of Europe’s post-war political landscape. But a populist axis between the UK, France and Germany is unlikely, writes Grégoire Roos, Director of the Europe and Russia Programme at Chatham House. Read in full here 👇

📢 Chatham House Europe Programme is pleased to announce the appointment of Grégoire Roos as Programme Director for Europe and Russia. We are excited to welcome Grégoire to the Chatham House team and look forward to the important work ahead. Read about Grégoire's expertise⬇️

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📑 Friedrich Merz’s visit to the UK only a week after that of Emmanuel Macron symbolizes a return of the E3 format - France, Germany and the UK - as the driving force of European security, writes @nvondarza.bsky.social in his latest expert comment for @cheurope.bsky.social 👇

Explainer | The UK and France should get back to basics after Brexit @sebastienmaillard.bsky.social (@cheurope.bsky.social) discusses Emmanuel Macron's state visit to the United Kingdom and what it means for 🇬🇧🇫🇷 relations post-Brexit. Watch in full ⬇️

Explainer | The UK and France should get back to basics after Brexit @sebastienmaillard.bsky.social (@cheurope.bsky.social) discusses Emmanuel Macron's state visit to the United Kingdom and what it means for 🇬🇧🇫🇷 relations post-Brexit.

📑 After an unambitious summit, NATO allies must return with laser focus to the key issues that were left off the agenda, write @armida.bsky.social and @kajsaollongren.bsky.social Read in full here 👇

"The bar for the summit to be successful is really low." @armida.bsky.social and @mgmessmer.bsky.social are on the ground at the NATO summit in The Hague. Watch their analysis ⬇️

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine visited Chatham House today and was welcomed to the institute by Orysia Lutsevych, the head of our Ukraine Forum. The event was held at the institute in London under the Chatham House Rule. Find out more: bit.ly/3T2Aco3

We're proud to share @chathamhouse.org is an institutional partner for the Public Forum at the #NATOSummit. Follow the event live here: www.natopublicforum.org And our Head of Programme @armida.bsky.social and Associate Fellow @kajsaollongren.bsky.social who will be in The Hague. #WeAreNATO

📑 A new transatlantic alliance is forming based on ultra-conservative values, autocratic tendencies, and nativism, writes @armida.bsky.social for @icds-tallinn.bsky.social magazine Diplomaatia. Read in full here 👇

📢 The EU’s first Commissioner for Defence discusses the urgency of learning from Ukraine’s military innovations and the ‘challenge’ of working with Europe’s defence industry. Read the full interview with Andrius Kubilius in the summer issue of @theworldtoday.org 👇

📢 America’s ambivalence and Russia’s aggression are testing the alliance as never before. We asked diplomats, defence experts and senior military figures what might be done to secure NATO at its crucial Hague summit and beyond. Read contributions from @kajsaollongren.bsky.social and other experts.🔽

I've been reflecting on NATO Secretary General Rutte's speech at @chathamhouse.org House yesterday. Some thoughts:

📚Our summer issue is here! Read stories on: 🌍 How Europe can save NATO 💻 What if AI goes nuclear? 💰 Can global trade survive Trump? ⛑️ How foreign aid can be reinvented www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

"Russia could be ready to use military force against NATO within five years. Five years." Speaking at @chathamhouse.org NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warns about the dangers facing Europe's security. Watch the event 👇: bit.ly/3HO5sED

Follow live at 15:45 BST www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/o...

In Poland and across the continent, if centrists are serious about keeping the far right out of power, then they need to get much better at actually addressing voters’ concerns, writes Armida van Rij.

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Wie stark kann Nawrocki Polens EU-Kurs tatsächlich beeinflussen? @nvondarza.bsky.social‬ zeigt: Auch ohne direkte Brüssel-Rolle kann der Präsident Reformprojekte blockieren – mit Wirkung bis nach Berlin.

Event | NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte – “Building A Better NATO” Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO, will deliver a keynote speech at @chathamhouse.org on Monday outlining the priorities for the 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague. Time⌚️: 15:45 BST Date📅: 9 June Find out more🔽

✍️ Read our Associate Fellow @alanderminna.bsky.social's analysis on the increased importance of the Nordic-Baltic Eight in Europe for @icds-tallinn.bsky.social below 👇

📑 In Poland and across the continent, if centrists are serious about keeping the far right out of power, then they need to get much better at actually addressing voters’ concerns, writes @armida.bsky.social for @foreignpolicy.com Read in full here 👇

”De omroep citeert @armida.bsky.social, onderzoeker van Chatham House, een Britse denktank die onafhankelijk onderzoek doet naar internationale vraagstukken. 'Wilders wilde dat de regering zou instorten omdat de steun voor zijn PVV in de peilingen bleef dalen'." @nrc.nl www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Excited to have published this piece with @foreignpolicy.com. I make the case that simply holding our breath and hoping centrists will win elections is not a sustainable strategy for defeating the far right. foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/03/p...

"Geert Wilders has stepped out of the government over immigration. He orchestrated this crisis to put immigration back on the campaigning agenda." @armida.bsky.social (@cheurope.bsky.social) joins DW News to discuss the collapse of the Dutch coalition government. Watch in full 🔽

💬 "Wilders wanted the government to collapse as the support for his Freedom Party continues to drop in the polls, according to Armida van Rij, the Head of the Europe Programme at Chatham House." @armida.bsky.social speaking to BBC about the Dutch government's collapse. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It has collapsed.

Podcast🎙️| Is Brexit finally done? Rod Liddle and @nvondarza.bsky.social join the @chathamhouse.org podcast to discuss the new 🇬🇧🇪🇺 deal and what it means for future ties between London and Brussels. Apple: apple.co/4392naC Spotify: spoti.fi/3FnpPrt

🎥 Catch up on our event on the UK-EU Summit below 👇

Germans have little interest in a honeymoon with the new government, with approval ratings falling before even taking office. Meanwhile, the Alternative für Deutschland keeps rising in the polls.

With Friedrich Merz as German chancellor, Emmanuel Macron may finally have found the partner he needs for France and Germany to reshape European leadership, writes @sebastienmaillard.bsky.social (@cheurope.bsky.social).

📑 Although Friedrich Merz has big ambitions for Germany’s international role, significant domestic pressures remain and will constrain his government’s room for manoeuvre, writes @nvondarza.bsky.social ⬇️

📑 As Friedrich Merz becomes German chancellor, Emmanuel Macron may finally have found the partner he needs for France and Germany to reshape European leadership, writes our Associate Fellow @sebastienmaillard.bsky.social in his @chathamhouse.org expert comment. ⬇️

The Chatham House Europe Programme was delighted to host @minister-bz.bsky.social, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands for a visit at @chathamhouse.org today. @armida.bsky.social @minister-bz.bsky.social @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social #Netherlands Ambassador to the #UK Paul Huijts

The way Merz pushed through debt brake reform cost political capital - the price for which is on show here. www.ft.com/content/4866...

Associate Fellow @nvondarza.bsky.social (@cheurope.bsky.social) on the failure of Friedrich Merz to secure a majority in the Bundestag to become Germany's chancellor. 🔽

💬'A new European security architecture is beginning to take shape. Inclusion and exclusion in this new security order, as well as possible grey zones, may no longer be delineated by NATO membership, but rather along the borders of the EU.' writes Minna Ålander @alanderminna.bsky.social.

With Trump’s trade war threatening to leave Norway in the crossfire of US-EU sanctions, Norway is facing a similar moment of truth about EU membership as Finland and Sweden did with regard to NATO 3 years earlier. I argue that it’s time to make it official - for a strong Norden in the EU

C'est l'honneur du @europarl que d'allouer les moyens aux détracteurs du projet européen d'exercer leur mandat, au nom du débat démocratique. C'est mépriser la démocratie parlementaire que détourner ces moyens à son profit #LePen. ↪️La justice 🇫🇷 rend leur honneur au Parlement 🇪🇺 et aux contribuables 🇪🇺

More importantly, the court verdict may not actually impact RN's chances in the 2027 Presidential elections. Polls from yesterday show Bardella is far more popular than Le Pen among RN voters, and also among non RN voters. www.publicsenat.fr/actualites/p...

Marine Le Pen found guilty by french courts this morning in embezzlement case. Prosecutors wanted the sentence to include being ineligible from running for public office for 5 years - scuppering her 2027 Presidential run. More to come... www.lemonde.fr/politique/li...

Podcast 🎙️ | Can Europe replace the US as a global power? Creon Butler, @oliviaosullivan.bsky.social and @nvondarza.bsky.social discuss whether Europe can defend the global economic system in the face of Donald Trump’s policies. 🎧 Apple: apple.co/3FJ5ooO Spotify: spoti.fi/42k8kkp

"[Russia's] objectives are to destabilise Europe. It is to weaken Nato, and get the Americans to withdraw their troops. And at the moment you could go 'tick, tick and almost tick'." @armida.bsky.social on whether the West is beginning to fragment, via BBC News. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A shift towards a ‘Europe-alone’ approach is taking place. Read @armida.bsky.social and my thoughts on this ⬇️

Washington wants to secure Ukraine’s valuable raw materials in a headline-grabbing deal, but a joint partnership with the EU and Kyiv is mutually beneficial in the long term, write @armida.bsky.social and @patricksch.bsky.social

As the EU publishes a new white paper on reforming defence, there are clear priorities to make Europe a stand-alone military power, write @armida.bsky.social and @kajsaollongren.bsky.social

The European Commission's white paper on defence is out. In this new piece, @kajsaollongren.bsky.social and I look at what levers the EU should pull to reduce dependencies on US defence systems, and whether the proposals in the white paper are sufficient. www.chathamhouse.org/2025/03/eu-m...

Washington wants to secure Ukraine’s valuable raw materials in a headline-grabbing deal, but a joint partnership with the EU and Kyiv is mutually beneficial in the long term.

In @patricksch.bsky.social and my latest, we argue the US, the EU & Ukraine should cooperate for access, extraction and transportation of Ukraine's critical raw materials. Trump won't like a such an approach, but it would achieve more than competing with the EU. www.chathamhouse.org/2025/03/trum...