
In Trump’s Shadow, Weber Makes the Case for a United States of Europe
Faced with growing transatlantic tensions and fears of U.S. coercion, the EPP leader renews his push for a centralized EU defense and foreign policy under Brussels’ command.

Faced with growing transatlantic tensions and fears of U.S. coercion, the EPP leader renews his push for a centralized EU defense and foreign policy under Brussels’ command.

The presentation of a report assessing two decades of Hungarian membership sparked debate on economic gains and political frictions with Brussels.

Sovereigntist leaders denounced the EU’s centralizing drift and the threat of mass immigration.

The EU Commission’s new budget framework will only finance projects aligned with what it has decided are “EU priorities.”

A report discussing the 2024 European elections suggests many changes that would curtail national sovereignty and hand it over to the EU institutions.

Manfred Weber called for more centralization in Brussels and declared that “only an irreversible EU can survive in today’s world.”

The Commission’s current course increasingly resembles a centralist, homogenizing project disconnected from reality.

The defense of narrowly interpreted “European values” becomes a tool to constrain the sovereignty of member states choosing alternative legislative paths.

The Commission’s strategy to streamline the services sector could mark another step towards a United States of Europe.

Dolors Montserrat knows what’s expected of her: carrying out Weber’s centralizing vision and never questioning his authority.