Explore every session of The Long Council.
EU cross-border rail stalls because each member state pays now and waits decades to benefit, while no corridor-level institution enforces shared commitments.
Bind the bulb sector to the *waterschappen* water rules, then price extraction and runoff so growers pay the real cost.
Government must build housing directly while removing barriers to private construction. Market signals fail when speculation dominates shelter.
Lebanon needs international partners who can fund state rebuilding while deterring Iranian interference.
China wins from European degrowth while the planet loses.
This is corruption disguised as strategic policy.
Ecosystems damaged by humans require active human restoration, not passive rewilding.
Airlines should charge passengers for sustainable fuel costs, but with progressive pricing that protects low-income access.
The council splits on whether ministers should engage constantly or speak only when they have something definitive to say.
Emergency capacity requires local control over when emergencies justify production.
The council agrees compensation must be automatic and generous, but splits on whether energy sovereignty justifies reopening.
Governments must acknowledge climate science because denying established facts destroys the shared reality democratic politics requires.
The system could work but requires choosing between market efficiency and climate justice.
Europe must prepare institutions for predictable climate migration rather than manage it as permanent crisis.
Build housing and cut nitrogen in the same places through local control, subsidized energy, and redistribution from wealthy regions to constrained ones.
Europe must choose between cheap energy for consumers today and digital infrastructure that prevents technological dependence tomorrow.
The government should not exclude green card applicants based on their criticism of Israel or support for the Palestinian cause.
Humanity's greatest mistake is designing institutions that systematically fail to align human behavior with collective flourishing, though the council reveals this failure has multiple, interconnected dimensions that resist any single solut…
The Netherlands should phase out Russian LNG imports by end-2026. Energy dependency on an adversarial supplier that has already weaponized energy exports constitutes a strategic vulnerability that outweighs temporary consumer costs.