Focus on Europe — Spotlight on People

Focus on Europe — Spotlight on People

What drives people in Europe – politically, socially and culturally? How do Europeans lead their lives? What are their views, hopes and fears? Focus on Europe – Spotlight on People provides the answers.

Who Wants to Defend Europe?

Europe’s security requires more than budgets, troops, and missiles; it depends on sustained political and public support. But public apathy and resistance to higher military spending at the expense of welfare cuts could leave European countries dangerously unprepared for what lies ahead.

Can Europe Defend Itself Without the United States?

Germany and Europe need both diplomatic efforts vis-à-vis Russia and a credible deterrence as they transform the old continent into a regional and global power.

It’s time for a United States of Europe - The Boston Globe

Europe faces existential threats. The only way to secure the continent’s future is for its individual countries to band together far more tightly than the EU.