In recent months we have witnessed some shifts in European policies. At the same time, it has become increasingly clear that there will also be changes in some US policies. In both blocs, the principle of reality prevails over ideology and promises made: deviating too much from global trends makes survival difficult.

Ethics deals with the moral principles that govern a person's behavior and the way they act. In most civilizations, ethics has been closely linked to different religions, which provide guidelines for behavior for their followers and prescribe what is right and what is wrong.

At the time of writing, the hypothesis that the power outage on the Iberian Peninsula was caused by a cyberattack does not seem the most plausible. Red Eléctrica has ruled him outFor reasons of state security, the public may never fully understand the causes of the disaster, even if those responsible eventually unravel them. This isn't a question of giving potential attackers ideas. However, what we've experienced could be useful as a simulation of what could happen in the event of a cyberattack or, worse still, a military attack, such as a bombing of energy infrastructure.

Despite the recent pause in the trade war unleashed by the US, the question of what tariff retaliation the European Union could implement without setting itself too high a bar remains open. Overall, the EU exports slightly more to the US than it imports from the US (in 2023, a positive surplus of 3% of total trade of €1.6 trillion). This surplus is explained by the fact that we sell more manufactured goods to the US than we buy. However, if we look at the services balance (which the White House has not taken into account when setting tariffs), we import €109 billion more than we export to the US (2023 data). So far, it seems that we Europeans are not in a very weak position.

Despite the recent pause in the trade war unleashed by the US, the question of what tariff retaliation the European Union could implement without setting itself too high a bar remains open. Overall, the EU exports slightly more to the US than it imports from the US (in 2023, a positive surplus of 3% of total trade of €1.6 trillion). This surplus is explained by the fact that we sell more manufactured goods to the US than we buy. However, if we look at the services balance (which the White House has not taken into account when setting tariffs), we import €109 billion more than we export to the US (2023 data). So far, it seems that we Europeans are not in a very weak position.