Скачать или смотреть Federalise or fade away: Europe’s quiet power struggle

Europe is debating diplomacy. Washington is negotiating. Moscow is watching.

But the real battle may be happening inside the European Union itself.

Mario Draghi’s latest warning is not just about competitiveness. It is about power. Can Europe remain a serious geopolitical actor with 27 fragmented capital markets and a defence industry split across national lines? Or does it need to federalise to survive in a world shaped by Washington, Beijing, and Moscow?

As Germany slows, energy costs remain high, and global power blocs consolidate, the EU faces a structural choice: integrate more deeply or risk gradual decline.

This is not ideology. It is about scale, capital, and strategic autonomy.

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