A few weeks ago, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas made clear that the highly anticipated German Council Presidency will turn into a “Corona Presidency”. Meaning that, Germany’s carefully planned agenda will be dominated by ambitious new tasks to overcome the pandemic and tackle the socio-economic consequences of the crisis. […]
President Macron‘s visions for a new European nuclear strategy come at just the right moment. In the wake of Brexit and growing ruptures in the transatlantic alliance, EU members are more willing than ever to invest in a more integrated European defence architecture with a European-wide role for French nuclear deterrence. Yet, in order for the project to succeed, Macron needs to convince his European counterparts that his prime concern is European security rather than legitimising French nuclear power. […]