🌊 Who rules the waves, holds the power. Can the EU turn its maritime ambitions into global influence? 🎧 Paul Taylor hosts the latest Language of Power Podcast with Brooke Moore and Chris Kremidas-Courtney on how Europe can rule the waves. epc.eu/podcast/the-language-…
The EU is asking candidates to do more before joining. But is the Union ready for an EU30+? Two new EPC commentaries on what Brussels still needs to fix at home:
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Today, we've adopted a package on pre-enlargement policy reviews to prepare the 🇪🇺 for future enlargements and strengthen the protection of our values.
We're getting ready for a bigger EU: one that is stronger, more resilient, and fit for the future.
ℹ️ link.europa.eu/B4C3Wn
The next MFF is being negotiated, but it can't be shaped by the same old considerations. Today's economic and geopolitical environment poses new problems, and they demand new solutions.
Read @FabianZuleeg full TTP👇
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European Policy Centre retweeted
Enlargement review: a safeguard with an expiry date eualive.net/enlargement-revi… Two EPC commentaries accept stronger post-accession tools, then ask what protects the Union when the special regime ends @StratulatCorina @jaemmanouilidis
As @EU_Commission @MartaKos releases the EU’s long-awaited pre-enlargement reviews, @epc_eu analyses take a deep dive
@StratulatCorina on the EU’s 15-year safeguard epc.eu/publication/the-eus-f…
@JanisEmmanouilid on why Europe must be ready for enlargement
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Safeguards don't make the EU enlargement-ready; if about reassuring voters, it's a domestic communications tool @ best. Enlargement credibility relies on EU's ability to change. No Trojan horses, fine, but the Union still has to get its own house in order.
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EU countries split over safeguards for future members as Brussels prepares its next enlargement push.
Also in today’s Rapporteur AM:
🇮🇱 Top Greens reject motion equating Zionism with racism
🇨🇳 France, Germany unite behind a tougher EU trade tool on China
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First drone strike in Bulgaria's EEZ, a day after a grain ship sank off Romania. The Black Sea is becoming a gated sea. Europe needs persistent maritime surveillance, counter-drone defence and the industrial capacity to sustain both, now.
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Drone strikes hit commercial ships in Bulgarian waters, triggering major Black Sea rescue eualive.net/drone-strikes-hi… The first such attack inside Bulgaria’s EEZ leaves one vessel sunk and another ablaze; two crew members are confirmed dead as regional tensions rise
📢 We’re hiring!
The EPC is looking for an Operations Assistant to support our Brussels office – from reception and office management to IT support and the roll-out of AI tools.
Applications reviewed on a rolling basis 👇
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EU enlargement is changing.
Hard law for candidates. Softer commitments from the EU.
What does this mean for the credibility of enlargement and the rule of law?
@StratulatCorina examines the growing imbalance 👇
🔗 epc.eu/publication/soft-law-…
#EUEnlargement #EU
🎙️🇪🇺 Can Europe widen its security options without weakening NATO?
In the latest Language of Power, Paul Taylor, Almut Möller & @sbeverts discuss Europe’s ability to act in a more dangerous world.
Listen here 👇
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Plus, read Almut Möller’s new Commentary on the upcoming EU Security Strategy 👇
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Thoughtful and ahead of the curve analysis by @epc_eu on the importance of continued trade diversification by the EU in an increasingly contested geopolitical situation.
The EU's answer to tariff chaos isn't retaliation; it's diversification. Mercosur, India, now the Philippines: Brussels is betting on partners who value predictability over coercion. In a fracturing world, trade diversification is geopolitics.
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No country facing economic coercion has to face it alone. That's the real message behind the EU–Philippines trade deal: combine economic weight, reduce vulnerability, defend sovereignty together.
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Spoke to President Marcos of the Philippines @bongbongmarcos.
We just agreed on a 🇪🇺🇵🇭 free trade deal!
This comes just 3 years after my visit to Manila to relaunch the negotiations.
I want to thank @MarosSefcovic for yet another trade success.
link.europa.eu/66H8yF
Coincidence?
In her SOTEU this month, @vonderleyen opened with Dickens.
Months earlier, Almut Möller opened her 2026 Outlook Paper the same way.
Both their arguments echo each other.
Read the piece that said it first →
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Trump’s moment of truth on Russia sanctions.
The US House has passed a new sanctions bill. Now the question is whether Trump will turn new powers into real pressure on Moscow.
Read what’s at stake for Russia, Ukraine, Europe, China and India.epc.eu/publication/russia-sa…
In response to @vonderleyen's new proposals to address heatwaves, in her #SOTEU, she will need to close Europe’s climate insurance gap. This must work to avoid the pitfalls of insurance models that protect balance sheets without reducing physical risk.
🇪🇺 Europe is not short of ambition. The challenge is delivery.
In a new EPC To the Point, Fabian Zuleeg argues that #SOTEU2026 should focus less on what Europe wants to achieve – and more on how it will actually deliver.
Read the full To the Point 👇
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Can the EU’s carbon market deliver more than emissions cuts? The ETS can drive decarbonisation, strengthen resilience and boost competitiveness — if Europe gets the balance right. Read our latest Policy Brief by EPC’s Stefan Sipka:
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🇪🇺 It’s time to deliver.
Ahead of #SOTEU2026, EPC’s @er1cmau argues that von der Leyen must provide strategic focus and political clarity as the EU confronts a changing global order and its growing delivery gap.
Read more 👇
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