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These days, Vladimir Putin proclaimed a ceasefire to coincide with the Victory Parade on 9 May. A moment of celebration and remembrance for the Russian people, recalling the defeat of Nazi Germany. But how much is there really to celebrate for Russian citizens? Nothing, today the reality is increasingly blurred. The Russian Federation, with its […]

‘For centuries we have been the front line of Europe’ The right to a European future, the stolen elections, the 150 consecutive days of protests. Salomé Zurabishvili, whom almost every country in the world still recognises as the legitimate Georgian president, was in Rome for the pope’s funeral and granted L’Europeista an interview on the […]

The 22 April 2025 terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Indian Kashmir, reignited Asia’s most explosive rivalry. Twenty-six tourists killed in cold blood; an area that, with 3.5 million visitors in 2024, symbolised the ‘normalisation’ of Kashmir collapsed overnight. New Delhi accuses Islamabad of complicity with militants; borders closed, treaties suspended, threats of retaliation. Two nuclear powers […]

With Europe under pressure on tariffs, Ukraine and defence, the European Commission relies on direct talks and active diplomacy to avoid new rifts with Washington. A few jokes, a fleeting handshake on the parvis of St Peter’s, and a door that seemed definitively closed suddenly ajar. Theinformal meeting between Donald Trump and Ursula von der […]

The death of Pope Francis is not just a religious event: it is a geopolitical shock that spreads
far beyond the Vatican walls. Francis embodied an unprecedented form of diplomacy: not made of
armies or treaties, but of symbols, empathy, dialogue. While Europe was losing centrality, the Pope was
imposed himself as a global moral voice. Now, with his disappearance, a void opens up that Brussels
seems unprepared to fill. The question is simple, but ruthless: is the European Union ready to
take on that role?

Finally, what will remain of Pope Francis’ funeral? Accidental diplomacy, with the Trump-Zelensky conversation secluded in the Basilica. Four more images of informal meetings passed into history.