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Strong on security, weak on solidarity A stronger Europe cannot be built on competitiveness alone. Von der Leyen’s agenda dangerously sidelines social cohesion
One bloc, two futures? At the latest BRICS summit, Putin argued for an alternative to the existing order while Xi sought to rewrite it. The West saw only a bloc taking shape
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