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The diversity of European voices is reflected here, with opinions from experts, influencers, policy-makers and more, on the issues that matter most to you.

A Facebook data centre, where computer servers store users' photos and other data, in Prineville Ore, US.

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Why the EU needs to diversify its cloud infrastructure | View

Legacy cloud companies could soon stifle EU infrastructure in the sector.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has asked European leaders to grant his country the coveted EU candidate status.

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With Ukraine, the EU must fulfil its historical responsibility | View

The EU must assume geopolitical leadership vis-à-vis its Eastern neighbourhood, writes MEP David McAllister.

22/06/2022

"The bloc has an opportunity to deepen its unity and establish itself as a security anchor," writes Laurence Tubiana.

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As war rages, EU Green Deal finds itself at a crossroads | View

The EU has an opportunity to deepen its unity and establish itself as an anchor for global security, argues Laurence Tubiana.

03/06/2022

A boy from Siversk looks though the window of a bus during evacuation near Lyman, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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Russia needs to be contained, not beaten, to save Ukraine | View

Like the Romanovs and Bolsheviks before him, Putin grasps the geographical reality that Ukraine is the key to Russia’s security.

12/05/2022

The conference has been an "unprecedented exercise of transnational democracy," writes Professor Alberto Alemanno.

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What have we learned from the Conference on Future of Europe? | View

Professor Alberto Alemanno examines the lessons learned from the citizen-driven, bottom-up process to reform the EU.

11/05/2022

Russia's invasion of Ukraine didn't go as the Kremlin had planned, writes Michael Horowitz.

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Five ways the war in Ukraine could end | View

Russia began a war thinking it would quickly win, only to find that carefully drafted plans are often the first casualties, writes Michael Horowitz.

09/05/2022

People wait at a bus station in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Friday, April 15, 2022.

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Putin is looking for an easy win in the Donbas. He won't get one.

Russia's soldiers still do not know what they are fighting for in Ukraine, argues security analyst Michael Horowitz.

20/04/2022

A courier worker moves goods past a shipping company for the countries including Russia and Ukraine, at a trading center also known as Russia Market in Beijing.

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China and the EU should be partners | View

Today’s world, battered and bruised by unilateralism, protectionism, and the pandemic, call for China and the EU to set aside their differences.

31/03/2022

An Austrian NATO peacekeeping EUFOR soldier stops as during patrol in downtown Sarajevo, Bosnia, Monday, March 7, 2022.

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The EU must replace the US as a security provider in Europe

America wants out. Russia wants in. Europe must be ready to protect itself.

28/03/2022

A picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin hangs at a target practice range in Lviv, western Ukraine, March 17, 2022.

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In Ukraine, there is no line that Vladimir Putin won't cross | View

Every day we ponder and doubt, Ukrainians are dying.

21/03/2022

A man walks past a TV screen with image of Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Tokyo, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022.

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To win the war of the Big Lie, we must cancel Vladimir Putin | View

Even in negotiations, Russians opt for the theatre of the absurd. We should not engage.

11/03/2022

Members of European Parliament sits by Ukraine flags during a speech to mark International Women's Day, Tuesday, March 8, 2022 in Strasbourg, eastern France.

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Europe must do more to end gender-based violence

Iratxe García Pérez says the most brutal form of misogyny is often the most hidden and therefore the hardest to eradicate.

08/03/2022

Georgian activists hold an EU flag and posters as they gather in support of Ukraine in front of the Ukrainian Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022.

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Georgia deserves EU membership. Its ticket has been paid in blood.

Georgia's people want to be part of the European family, even if its government isn't so convinced.

04/03/2022

An Algerian student studying in Ukraine is embraced by a family member as she arrives at Algiers airport on a repatriation flight afer leaving Ukraine, in Algiers, Algeria,

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The EU has been sleepwalking into war. Germany and France led it here

For years, the French and German governments have failed to heed warnings from states like Poland about rising Russian influence.

04/03/2022