Monday’s paper
February 16, 2026
Bazooka, and then a smile
This time, Donald Trump sent his Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Munich, a man polite enough to say that the United States was Europe's child, that it wanted Europe to be strong and wanted to ‘revitalise’ the Atlantic Alliance rather than break it up. But why had the American president changed tack?
This time, Donald Trump sent his Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Munich, a man polite enough to say that the United States was Europe’s child, that it wanted Europe to be strong and wanted to ‘revitalise’ the Atlantic Alliance rather than break it up. But why had the American president changed tack?
Monday’s paper
February 10, 2026
That America is no longer our ally
That America is no longer our ally. Whether temporary or lasting, it is now our adversary, and we must say so because we can no longer allow the values we once shared to be debased, nor can we delay in organizing the countries that want to resist this step backwards.
That America is no longer our ally. Whether temporary or lasting, it is now our adversary, and we must say so because we can no longer allow the values we once shared to be debased, nor can we delay in organizing the countries that want to resist this step backwards.
Monday’s paper
January 19, 2026
Trump’s follies, Europe’s strength
Sending European troops to Greenland, even if only symbolic, carries much more weight than is being said. It means that we would be prepared to defend, with arms in hand, the sovereignty of this European country against any attempt at annexation by force.
Sending European troops to Greenland, even if only symbolic, carries much more weight than is being said. It means that we would be prepared to defend, with arms in hand, the sovereignty of this European country against any attempt at annexation by force.
Monday’s paper
December 8, 2025
The four reasons for their hostility
Why are we their only target? Why does Donald Trump's United States believe, in its presentation of its National Security Strategy, that it must ‘cultivate resistance' to 'Europe's current trajectory’ even though it says it wants to repudiate all American ‘interventionism’ from the Cold War and post-communism?
Why are we their only target? Why does Donald Trump’s United States believe, in its presentation of its National Security Strategy, that it must ‘cultivate resistance’ to ‘Europe’s current trajectory’ even though it says it wants to repudiate all American ‘interventionism’ from the Cold War and post-communism?
Monday’s paper
December 2, 2025
Russia, US, EU, Ukraine: Who wants, fears and rejects what?
There are four parties in this war, but only two sides. Ukrainians, Russians, Americans and Europeans each have their own objectives and red lines, but the convergence of Russian and American ambitions is further consolidating the bloc formed by the European Union and Ukraine.
There are four parties in this war, but only two sides. Ukrainians, Russians, Americans and Europeans each have their own objectives and red lines, but the convergence of Russian and American ambitions is further consolidating the bloc formed by the European Union and Ukraine.
Monday’s paper
November 24, 2025
Europe needs political leadership
This American “peace plan” calls on us Europeans to abandon the idea that the United States will always be our ally and to equip ourselves with political leadership that is not limited to the Union.
This American “peace plan” calls on us Europeans to abandon the idea that the United States will always be our ally and to equip ourselves with political leadership that is not limited to the Union.
Monday’s paper
November 17, 2025
Trumpism creates its own antidote
Canadians are seeking allies, against Trump of course. Europeans are doing the same, which is why parliamentarians from the European Union, Canada and the United Kingdom met last Friday in Toronto to lay the foundations for an international movement to defend democracy.
Canadians are seeking allies, against Trump of course. Europeans are doing the same, which is why parliamentarians from the European Union, Canada and the United Kingdom met last Friday in Toronto to lay the foundations for an international movement to defend democracy.
Monday’s paper
November 3, 2025
Donald Trump short of allies
With his back against the wall, he has regained his memory. Confronted with China, which forced him to back down on tariffs by threatening to ban exports of rare earth elements to the United States, Donald Trump suddenly remembered that he had allies who were once referred to as “Western.”
With his back against the wall, he has regained his memory. Confronted with China, which forced him to back down on tariffs by threatening to ban exports of rare earth elements to the United States, Donald Trump suddenly remembered that he had allies who were once referred to as “Western.”
Monday’s paper
October 1, 2025
Trump backtracking
America will soon need friends to stand up to China. Donald Trump is learning to understand that Europe, which he detests, is simply indispensable.
America will soon need friends to stand up to China. Donald Trump is learning to understand that Europe, which he detests, is simply indispensable.
Monday’s paper
September 23, 2025
I have never heard Americans place their hopes in Europe before
When a senior official in the new American diplomatic service explained to me in his Washington office that the danger to European democracies came not from what I had called “Russian autocracy”, but from the democracies themselves — their censorship, the annulment of the Romanian elections, and the repression of their opponents — I first thought I was having a…
When a senior official in the new American diplomatic service explained to me in his Washington office that the danger to European democracies came not from what I had called “Russian autocracy”, but from the democracies themselves — their censorship, the annulment of the Romanian elections, and the repression of their opponents — I first thought I was having a bad dream.
