In cooperation with the US and other Western partners, the EU must secure q In 2024, EU leaders should manage expectations uninterrupted military and financial assistance to on the ability of the New Pact on Migration and Ukraine and deepen Ukraine’s integration into the Asylum to crisis-proof the EU’s common asylum security and defence architecture of Europe. [...] q The EU should use 2024 to rebuild its credibility in the Middle East after the debacle that followed q The EU should be consistent and continue with the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, pursue a more united implementation and consolidation of the security approach to tackling security issues in the region, and and defence measures undertaken since the start support the re-launch of the peace pr. [...] consequences of the pandemic and the wars in Europe’s vicinity, the climate crisis and the increasing partisanship While one of the greatest sources of global uncertainty around the issue, the unending politicisation of migration and unpredictability in 2024 could emanate from electing debates, and greater societal polarisation around policy a potentially disruptive Trump 2.0 Administration issues. [...] the challenges that entail becoming a geopolitical actor, speaking the language of power continues to be difficult In 2023, the Outlook Paper expected the Russian in the absence of unity, resolve, and a strategic direction economy to do worse than it did, although the assessment to deal with the manyfold implications of the permacrisis was cautious: “Indeed, the economic crunch that began and the. [...] THE US: BACK TO THE FUTURE? for the EU’s unity and internal cohesion as it could empower disruptive leaders such The EU and the current US administration should use the as Viktor Orbán of Hungary and give a existing window of opportunity ahead of the European boost to populist and Eurosceptic political Parliament vote and the US Presidential elections to set up a network of transatlantic guardrail.
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