Europeans can either wake up or resign themselves to becoming a continent of monuments and echoing memories.

This year’s conference is an opportunity to be remembered not just for new pledges or targets but for rebooting the relationship between citizens and the climate regime.

COP30 needs to be transformative. Let this be the moment we finally move from awareness to alignment, and from ambition to action.

It seems the Euroskepticism that once dominated the political mood has given way to a quiet mandate for cooperation and reform.

Only a formal bilateral agreement with the U.K. can deliver the territorial security that Ireland — and the EU’s western borders — desperately needs.

This deadline shouldn’t be seen as a slogan — it’s a contract with Europeans who want results, not reassurances. And leaders must treat it as such.

Policy development alone is not enough. We need the timely and consistent implementation of agreed reforms across jurisdictions.

It is still unclear whether Donald Trump will succeed in ending the war in Gaza two years after Oct. 7, 2023. What is clear, however, is that when it really mattered, Europe and large parts of the free world failed.

EU countries should coordinate competent search and rescue operations, open routes for those fleeing to safety, and ensure the bloc stops financing out-of-control militias.

Without more robust assistance from its allies, financial and political pressure from the U.S. will make the court a weaker institution — if it survives at all.

The boundaries of public behavior we allow need to be redrawn and that means recognizing “free” speech and assembly can corrode the sense of safety that communities should be able to enjoy.

Very few following in Hungary’s footsteps are willing to recognize the long-term outcomes of a deteriorating economy, crumbling basic services and a soured public.

If the U.S. president is serious about a ceasefire, escalatory measures may well be the only way to make it happen.

The most dangerous words aren’t necessarily the most violent ones. And disinformation campaigns could offer a new avenue for establishing responsibility.

If the West really wants to force Russia to stop the war, it needs to focus on military build-up — not just economic action.

The “flatter, appease, distract” strategy may produce the appearance of stability, but it creates a reality of vulnerability.

A European force in postwar Ukraine is an important mission for Zelenskyy and his people. It would also provide significant collateral benefits for European defense.

The U.S. president’s view that the bloc’s competition policy is driven by discriminatory motivations against American companies is simply unfounded.

Only a U.S.-U.K. bargain, forged during this trip, can safeguard Western leadership through tomorrow.

This week’s incursion is a reminder that deterrence must be continually maintained, and inaction risks emboldening Moscow to go further.

Historically voicing support for Palestine, much like Europe, the Gulf’s rhetoric needs to translate into decisive action.

Without strategy, political resolve, national resilience and structural reform, investment won’t translate into real defense capability.

Democracy begins locally. If we don’t defend it here, we risk losing it everywhere.

Becoming a U.S. protectorate isn’t inevitable — especially given increasingly indignant public opinion over the series of concessions and humiliations we’re witnessing.