EU Insider

EU Insider Newsroom

EU Insider

Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube

My Articles

Business & Economy

Sep 28, 2026

Germany Finally Moves on Pensions. Europe's Front-Runners Are Decades Ahead.

Berlin will link retirement age to life expectancy and build a funded pension pillar — a landmark shift. A Bruegel analysis finds the plan still trails Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden on every big call.

Business & Economy

Sep 28, 2026

Brussels Built a 'Buy European' Regime by Accident. Someone Finally Mapped It.

The EU never set out to build a 'Made in Europe' procurement regime. It assembled one instrument by instrument since 2022 — and a new CEPS analysis warns the tangle now needs rules of its own.

News & Analysis

Sep 28, 2026

Europe Can Field an Army. It Still Can't Say What It's For.

The EU just ran its largest-ever military exercise and is breaking spending records. But a sharper question now divides the continent: as NATO turns more European, what is Brussels' defence machinery actually for?