The Europe Debate

Aug 21, 2026

Georgia's EU readiness has a number now, and it is 3.26 out of 10

The European Commission calls Georgia a candidate country in name only. An index built entirely from the Commission's own progress reports puts an arithmetic value on that phrase — and shows the slide began before the accession process was frozen.

The Europe Debate

Aug 18, 2026

Orbán Is Gone and Poland's Right Is Splitting: Europe's Nationalists, One Year On

A year ago the story was a movement on the rise. Since then Hungary's government fell to a challenger using its own constitutional playbook, and Poland's opposition has broken in two.

The Europe Debate

Aug 18, 2026

Europe Knows What Its Single Market Is Worth. It Isn't Counting the Losses

EPIC's fragmentation report says the EU has priced what the single market delivers but never what completing it would gain. With eight countries checking their internal borders into December, there is a second uncounted number.

The Europe Debate

Aug 15, 2026

The EU Is Accelerating Enlargement. Its Own Data Says Nobody Is Close

Four accession conferences in a single day in July suggested real momentum. EPIC's Integration Readiness Index, which scores candidates against Croatia's completed 2011 accession, puts the best of them at 6.8 out of 10.

The Europe Debate

Aug 14, 2026

Where the Draghi agenda stalls: Europe's single market

EPIC's two flagship indexes tell one story when read together: Brussels delivers fastest when competitiveness wears a security badge, and slowest on the market reforms that would do most for growth.

The Europe Debate

Aug 14, 2026

Draghi's agenda is slowing down, not speeding up

EPIC's Draghi Implementation Index shows Europe turned 15.7% of the report's 383 recommendations into binding law by July 2026 — and the pace of delivery has roughly halved since January.