The EU’s coming political cycle will be no less testing than the previous one, as many of Europe’s fundamental assumptions are being challenged. This is the case in security and defence, but also more widely in regard of the global order, international economic relations, trade and technology, and even democracy. The speed of change is staggering. Changes that we thought might come in decades are happening now, as we see both in climate change and AI. The long term has become the near term....