Businesses in Europe

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Olivier Perquel

16 December 2025

At the end of the year 2025, all economic players agree that Europe's economic and financial situation is worrying, and that there are many issues at stake. However, it is no doubt worth trying to list them, by presenting a few figures, and highlighting some avenues for recovery, or a new start. A...

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1 July 2025

The Schuman Report on Europe, State of the Union 2025 is now available! This 16th edition highlights the European Union's strategic acceleration in the face of global upheaval and its projection into a new phase of its history. Twenty-one contributions from experts provide a relevant analysis of the major issues of our time. Enriched with maps and annotated statistics, the Schuman Report 2025 is an indispensable tool for understanding the multidimensional challenges facing contemporary Europe. The ebook is available on the websites of the Robert Schuman Foundation and major bookshops.

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Maxime Lefebvre

30 September 2025

Responses to the Turnberry trade agreement between Donald Trump and Ursula von der Leyen on 27 July (formalised in an EU-US statement published on 27 August) did not mince words: ‘shame’, ‘submission’, ‘vassalage’, ‘humiliation’, and even the...

Ukraine Russia

 
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Paul Gogo

15 July 2025

Following the failure of negotiations on Ukraine, the Kremlin's attitude should be viewed through the prism of its fears and obsessions. ‘I consider Russians and Ukrainians to be one people. In this sense, all of Ukraine is ours,’ Vladimir Putin declared on 20 June at the St Petersburg...

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19 November 2025

The Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies organises an open lecture by Jean-Dominique Giuliani, President of the Robert Schuman Foundation, on Wednesday, 19 November 2025,.The lecture, titled “Democratic Resilience in Europe in Times of Polarisation,” is organized in cooperation...

Future and outlook

 
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9 November 2024

since one year, the Schuman Network, an initiative of the Foundation, is working to promote the sharing of ideas on a European scale. With 21 members from 13 European countries, the Schuman Network is a forum to pool research on current European issues. Since its launch, over 130 studies have been published.

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The publication of the US Security Strategy on 5 December confirms what was already apparent: this President of the United States considers Europe to be in decline and, in order to reverse its policies, intends to promote nationalist opposition in the Member States. Fighting against this is now a duty and a matter of urgency for Europe. It is a vital necessity within Europe and an imperative outside Europe for the fate of the world.

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Economic and Monetary Union

 
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18 November 2025

Central bank digital currencies mark a major shift in the global monetary balance, in the face of the rise of cryptocurrencies and private stablecoins. They give governments back control over money creation, strengthen financial security and promote economic innovation. For Europe, the digital euro is both a tool of sovereignty and a geopolitical lever designed to reduce dependence on the dollar, protect the financial system and assert its role in the new global monetary order.

Democracy and citizenship

 
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Jean-Dominique Giuliani

25 November 2025

I am particularly happy to be here once more at the University of Tartu[1], which I had the honour of visiting a long time ago, back in 2003. One of the oldest universities in Europe, it plays a significant role in your country and throughout the continent in providing the very highest level of...

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