June 2025

Another month comes to an end, during which EU defence and the future of NATO were high on the agenda. Make sure to check our latest publication by Gerlinde Niehus analysing why Europeans in NATO and the EU must focus on what is needed to become a serious geostrategic actor and don’t miss our Research Officer, Ionela Ciolan, explaining how NATO could implement its 5% defence spending goal for CNBC TV18.  

In June, we also organised an event on the Future of Europe’s centre-right to discuss key themes of our publication ‘Christian Democracy, Conservatism and the Challenge of the Extremes’. Read it here

P.S. A brand new episode of our Brussels Bytes podcast is out, this time focusing on how to achieve a more realistic Climate and Energy Policy in the EU. Have a listen!

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