Jan Boguslawski is a doctoral researcher at Sciences Po Paris, working on political economy and welfare state transformations in Central and Eastern Europe.
Donald Trump is often blamed for the US’s hostility toward the EU, but the roots of the rift run deeper. Europe’s manufacturing-heavy economy and tough regulation of US tech have put it on a collision course with Washington.
Faced with the return of great power rivalry between the US and China and its own economic stagnation, the European Union seems as divided as ever.
Before their illiberal turn, Poland and Hungary were lauded as postcommunist poster children. Both nations have combined moderately redistributive welfare states with attacks on civil liberties — but inflation is putting their growth model to the test.