European Policy Centre

Congress: an ally.

White House: wounded, and hungry for a legacy abroad.

Ukraine: entering its fifth winter at war.
How Europe should navigate Washington after the #Midterms26 👇
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The #Midterms26 debate over the Democrats' direction will echo in Europe. Social democrats, steadily losing support as junior partners in government, face the same choice: a more confrontational left or a moderate, consensus-based approach.
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Last night's Democratic win in the #Midterms26 won't restore normality. Trump will lean harder on the powers he holds alone. Europe must prepare for volatility, plan for a world after Trump, and remember: these victories show democratic agency is real.

The fight over Ukrainian grain is the wrong place to start.

The CAP was never built for a country rebuilding from war. Ukraine needs a dedicated reconstruction fund and fast entry into EU programmes in defence and digital.

Get that right and the farm question gets easier.

Four of six #EU accession clusters now open for #Ukraine. Kyiv wants talks done by 2028.

Great. But nobody has answered the hard question: who pays, and how?

Old budget rules won’t work. Ukraine needs its own deal and a real reconstruction fund, not promises we can’t keep.