🔥The #USA strike on #Venezuela isn’t a regional story. It’s a global power play — and the #EU should pay attention. Read our latest flash analysis, which argues that Washington has just revived a 21st‑century Monroe Doctrine, with consequences for #Ukraine. 👉 bit.ly/4q6TTdb

🎄 Happy holidays from the EPC! Thank you to our members, partners and community for your trust and engagement throughout 2025. In uncertain times for Europe, independent policy debate matters more than ever. Wishing you a peaceful and hopeful holiday season. 🔗 www.epc.eu/publication/...

"Would the EU manage to unfreeze Russia's frozen asset if Russia and the US sign their 'peace' deal?" EPC asks in its post-summit debrief. www.epc.eu/events/the-l...

🔴 Europe in 2026 is a test year After a turbulent 2025, the EU faces mounting pressure on security, democracy and its economic model. In a new Outlook Paper @almutm.bsky.social asks whether Europe can repair its vulnerabilities — or drift further into instability. 🔗 epc.eu/publication/...

Think-tanks including the EPC have called for an “economic security council”.

📘 EU–China relations at a crossroads, Vol. IV: Fifty-Fifty As the EU and China mark 50 years of ties, this Compendium explores how cooperation and competition now coexist — and why dialogue matters more than ever. 🔴 Edited by @ivadica.bsky.social Read more 👇 www.epc.eu/publication/...

🚗 The EU just softened its 2035 combustion engine ban A new EPC Flash Analysis by @ericmaurice.bsky.social explains why this was inevitable — and what it reveals about the EU’s failure to balance climate ambition, competitiveness & public buy-in. Read more 👇 www.epc.eu/publication/...

🔴 The last EU Summit of 2025: a real moment of truth? 📅 19 December 💻 Online Ukraine funding, enlargement, migration, MFF & economic security are all on the line. Join EPC’s post-summit briefing to unpack what leaders actually agreed — & what it means for 2026. Register 👇 epc.eu/events/the-l...

🌍 COP30 underdelivered. Climate impacts are rising — ambition isn’t. New EPC Commentary by Stefan Šipka & Pauline Gerard: the EU must lead through action at home and coalitions abroad. Read the full Commentary here 👇 www.epc.eu/publication/...

🇪🇺 This is EU’s Castor moment As the US grows more unpredictable, the real test isn’t America — it’s Europe. Can the EU build cohesion, strengthen democracy, and define its own strategic centre of gravity? Corina Stratulat breaks it down 👇 www.epc.eu/publication/...

⚕️ On 16 December, the @epc-official.bsky.social hosts the CHES Annual Lecture with Dr Niklas Blomberg, Executive Director @ihieurope.bsky.social, to explore how EU public–private partnerships can strengthen health innovation, resilience and patient access. Register 👇 www.epc.eu/events/ches-...

🇪🇺 Europe’s economy is now a security battleground. From energy coercion to weaponised trade, the EU must strengthen resilience without undermining competitiveness. Fabian Zuleeg explains what “economic security” really requires 👇 www.epc.eu/publication/...

Europe’s climate & gender backlashes aren’t “public opposition” — they’re symptoms of deeper insecurity. At the @epc-official.bsky.social Annual Conference, speakers stressed: 🔴Tackle material pressures 🔴Ensure fairness 🔴Strengthen participation. Otherwise backlash will keep accelerating 👇

🔴 In a new Discussion Paper, Eric Maurice warns that the Commission’s first year risks political overstretch: backtracking on past priorities, overreaching on defence & geopolitics, & staying inactive on core issues like enlargement, reform and long-term financing. 🔗 www.epc.eu/publication/...

🔴 Europe can’t deliver intergenerational fairness without putting climate adaptation at its core. A new EPC Commentary by Brooke Moore shows how heat deaths, rising costs, housing stress and governance gaps all deepen the “intergenerational debt of inaction” 👇 www.epc.eu/publication/...

🔴 Europe’s democracy is being tested at the digital frontier. At the EPC Annual Conference, our panel warned that the Digital Omnibus could weaken safeguards just as AI accelerates threats to information integrity and democratic resilience. Europe must innovate without lowering standards.

☢️ Torture of Ukrainian staff of Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant, 🇷🇺sabotage &war damage to its electricity&water supply, attempt of Russia’s Rosatom to fully annex the plant= war crimes and nuclear risks documented by Truth Hounds and @jputte.bsky.social of Greenpeace www.epc.eu/events/nucle...

As EU ministers prepare the Annual Solidarity Pool, new Discussion Paper by Florian Trauner, Philipp Stutz & Philipp Lutz reveals Dublin transfers were fairer than expected — but implementation gaps threaten the Pact. Read the full Discussion Paper 👇 www.epc.eu/publication/...

🌍 COP30 wrapped — but the hard part starts now. With global climate cooperation under strain, the EU must decide how to lead in a tougher geopolitical landscape. Join us on 9 December 👇 www.epc.eu/events/cop30...

Trump’s new National Security Strategy frames Europe as expendable, undermining transatlantic unity. Elon Musk's call to abolish the EU only amplifies this existential threat: Europe must urgently rethink sovereignty & strategic autonomy. epc.eu/publication/...

"Meeting this challenge requires a more ambitious mindset on this side of the Atlantic – the answer is more Europe, not less, to defend integration & liberal democracy against the clearly visible threats." Read more here @epc-official.bsky.social www.epc.eu/publication/...

“This vision also involves normalising relations with Russia, betraying Ukraine's struggle for freedom and denying EUrope agency in its own security.”

🙏 @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu for your words of inspiration to protect European democracy at our #EPCannualConference We also take note of the role of think tanks to identify successes and threats - and to hold EU institutions to account.

Executive VP for a Clean, Just & Competitive Transition @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu closes the #EPCAnnualConference with a reminder of the pillars of the European Dream: TRUST through the rule of law, HUMAN DIGNITY through social rights, and a strong digital & green agenda. www.epc.eu/events/liber...

"We need EU deepening and enlargement at the same time" says @europarl.europa.eu MEP Ilhan Hyuchyuk at the #EPCAnnualConference. Read about various options proposed in the EPC's "Test of Times: Permachange through EU Enlargement & Reform": 🔗 www.epc.eu/publication/..

"The EU risks becoming a shadow of itself" warns EPC Director 4European&Global Affairs @almutm.bsky.social "In 2026, Europeans urgently need to mend our vulnerabilities in security, democracy & our economic model." Read more in her 2026 Outlook Paper: www.epc.eu/publication/... #EPCannualConference

"Will 2026 be the year that our fight for Democracy turns a tide?" asks EPC Chief Executive Fabian Zuleeg. ...when our lost battles shift to a winning war for Democracy? Read why 2026 may instead be the next 1938 - a year that set the scene for World War II. epc.eu/publication/...

40% of Frankfurt's energy bill feeds its data centres. This is one side of tech. Let us prepare for both the successes and failures of new technologies, argues @giutrch.bsky.social at the #EPCannualConference and EPC publication: www.epc.eu/publication/...

"Democracy does deliver," Director of Istanbul Policy Center @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social highlights at the #EPCAnnualConference. Data and science show that democratic societies deliver better health, better education, better economy...

"Europeans should be more afraid then they are," former Europe adviser to President Biden, Amanda Sloat, warns about the state of Democracy in the US & beyond #EPCAnnualConference Read EPC's analysis of some of the threats to liberal democracy @jaemmanouilidis.bsky.social www.epc.eu/publication/...

"The job of Democracy is never done. It is not a moment but a mission" EU Commissioner for Democracy @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social opens #EPCAnnualConference. Think tanks such as the EPC, are watchdogs of Democracy, through analysis of EU policies, based on evidence & connecting perspectives.

🚢 Russia’s shadow fleet is now a full-spectrum security threat. Aging tankers fund the Kremlin’s war, dodge inspections, gather intel & move through EU waters with near-total impunity. Europe needs coordinated lawfare, NATO alignment & an EU Maritime Security Centre 👇 www.epc.eu/publication/...

🔴Democracy is under attack — but how do we defend it without becoming what we’re fighting? In his latest To the Point, Fabian Zuleeg argues that democracies must become resilient while staying true to their values. Read here 👇 www.epc.eu/publication/...

🌍 Climate action and gender equality are facing a powerful political backlash across Europe — and liberal democracy is feeling the strain. Annual Conference breakout session spotlight — Fighting the backlash: Defending climate and equality 👇 www.epc.eu/events/liber...

🇺🇸 Trump’s ‘peace plan’ isn’t diplomacy — it’s appeasement. And Europe’s trade concessions only make things worse. If the EU wants real influence on Ukraine’s future, it needs leverage, not flattery. Read the Flash Analysis by Georg Riekeles 👇 www.epc.eu/publication/...

🇪🇺 Is Europe really secure if its democracies are weakening — from within and at its borders? Corina Stratulat and Johannes Greubel argue that enlargement and democratic resilience are now the same test. Europe can’t afford to fail either one 👇 www.epc.eu/publication/...

🇪🇺 Europe’s democratic future is on the line. On 2 December, @epc-official.bsky.social opens and closes its Annual Conference with reflections from out President and Chief Executive — framing a day of debate and direction. Find out more about our Annual Conference 👇 www.epc.eu/events/liber...

🏥 #Cyberattacks on EU #healthcare are now part of hybrid warfare — and AI-driven #disinformation is making the panic worse. If health systems fail, #democracy’s resilience fails with them. Read the full Policy Brief by Samuel Goodger & Elizabeth Kuiper 👇 www.epc.eu/publication/...

🇪🇺 Europe’s democracy problem isn’t denial — it’s hesitation. Leaders know what must be done but call it “politically impossible.” Fabian Zuleeg warns: act now, not only in crisis 👇 www.epc.eu/publication/...

🇪🇺 The far right is larger, louder and more confident in the new European Parliament. But the surprising finding? The EP’s cordon sanitaire has rarely been stronger. The mainstream stays put — it’s the political gravity beneath it that is sliding right. 🔗 www.epc.eu/publication/...

Europe is boosting defence spending — but ignoring its biggest vulnerability. If democracies erode from within, Moscow won’t need to fire a shot. New @epc-official.bsky.social Commentary by Demir Murat Seyrek on why defending democracy means defending Europe. Read here 👇 epc.eu/publication/...

The EU’s plan to use frozen Russian assets to fund a Ukraine loan is legally sound — but Belgium bears the litigation risk. EPC's Juraj Majcin says the fix is clear: EU guarantees and shared liability are needed. Read more 👇 epc.eu/publication/...

Everywhere you look, democracy feels more fragile. The US. Europe. Even long-stable systems. In the latest Language of Power episode, Paul Taylor, Amanda Sloat & Richard Youngs break down what’s driving the global slide — and where real resilience might still come from. www.epc.eu/podcast/the-...

🛡️ The European Commission unveils its new #DemocracyShield today – a plan to protect the EU from foreign interference and manipulation. But can the EU defend democracy without turning it into a security project? @carlosdolan.bsky.social weighs in. 🔗 www.epc.eu/publication/...

✈️ Russia’s #GNSS interference is testing Europe’s defences below the threshold of war. With 40% of Europe's air traffic already affected, Maria Martisiute warns the risk of a major disaster is rising. Read her 17 proposals for a coordinated defence here: www.epc.eu/publication/...

🇪🇺 Rising living costs, precarious work and shrinking access to quality public services are driving disillusionment. Valentina Caimi argues that Europe’s best defence of #democracy is to invest in inclusive and resilient societies. Ahead of 2025 #EPCAnnualConference. 🔗 www.epc.eu/publication/...

🇷🇸 The EU changed its tone on Serbia's accession progress in the 2025 Enlargement Package – now, it needs to change its strategy. Read the latest by Berta López Domènech: 🔗 www.epc.eu/publication/... #Serbia #enlargement

🌍 #COP30 in Brazil: Ambition → Action NOW! EU at crossroads: 📉 2040 target = walk-back? bit.ly/4p1hJWJ 🌱 Energy-food-nature fix: bit.ly/3WFqbip 🌐 Europe '25 realism: lnkd.in/eBtC5_Qg Join us post-COP debrief: lnkd.in/eGw7DZJi #EUClimatePolicy

💬 Facts keep meeting feelings — and losing. Corina Stratulat explains why #EU debates misfire, from #enlargement to #climate. It's time to rethink how Europe talks to its citizens, aspirants and self. Leading up to EPC Annual Conference 2025. 🔗 www.epc.eu/publication/...

💶 Is cost-of-living now the defining political issue? @javiercarbonell.bsky.social on #Mamdani win – and why #affordability now shapes the future of European politics. 🔗https://www.epc.eu/publication/its-the-affordability-stupid-what-mamdanis-victory-means-for-europe/