Europe should be standing up to Trump and Putin – instead it is mirroring them

In an op-ed for The Guardian, law professor at HEC Paris Business School Alberto Alemanno warns that Europe is not resisting Trump and Putin’s authoritarianism—but increasingly mirroring it. He highlights a growing ideological convergence between the far right and Europe’s political mainstream, including within the EU Commission under von der Leyen. He calls for bold EU-wide leadership to defend democracy and shared prosperity against this trend.