Ifri’s briefing warns that the Franco-German reset is already running into hard limits. The arrival of Friedrich Merz in Berlin and the Toulon ministerial council were meant to revive Europe’s core political machine.

The CSIS Eurofile episode uses David Marsh’s new book to ask a harsher question than whether Europe can keep existing.

The Carnegie Europe debate carried by CER cuts through the theatre of the Meloni-Trump spat. Italy’s prime minister may have pushed back against Donald Trump, but this is not a clean break with the transatlantic hard right.

The European Parliament briefing lays out a blunt problem at the heart of EU defence. Europe is spending more, planning more and launching more instruments – but still buys weapons like 27 separate countries protecting 27 separate industrial comfort zones.

GMF’s interview gives Europe a sobering message wrapped in cautious optimism. Strategic autonomy is possible – but not soon, not cheaply and not through slogans.

Geopolitical Monitor’s situation report warns that Gibraltar has entered a more dangerous post-Brexit phase. The new 2026 deal is not a formal surrender of British sovereignty, but it gives Spain fresh practical power over the Rock’s borders, economy and daily life.

The DIIS brief warns that Europe’s idea of strategic autonomy is changing fast. This is no longer mainly about crisis missions, statebuilding or flying the EU flag in fragile states. It is turning into defence-industrial coordination, arms production, training, battlefield learning and military supply chains.