| One day after taking office on May 6, German chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Paris and Warsaw, tracing the outlines of the "Weimar triangle", a three-country regional alliance created in 1991. The visits signalled Merz's intentions to emphasise foreign policy and uphold the previous German government's commitment to the EU. Merz and his coalition have also emphasised defence. As University of Tübingen political scientist Gabriele Abels explains, the establishment of a new national security council and the fact that foreign minister Johann Wadephul is a Merz loyalist give the chancellor new means and support to pursue his goals. The European Union can trace its origins to the Economic Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), a post-WWII initiative that emerged after French foreign minister Robert Schuman proposed that France and Germany pool production. Following the recent 75th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, economist Emilio José González González of Universidad Nebrija discusses the significance of the European economic integration that grew out of it. The idea of Franco-German partnership "still underpins European cooperation" today, as González González writes, and still surfaces in its lingo: When Merz visited the Elysée, French President Emmanuel Macron referred to the "réflexe" of cooperation between the two countries. US-born Pope Leo XIV served for more than two decades as a missionary and then bishop in Peru, becoming a naturalised citizen along the way. Massimo D'Angelo, a researcher in international affairs at Loughborough University, notes that the future pontiff was seen "as a stabilising, pastoral presence" in an oft-divided Peruvian Catholic church, and that his choice of name evokes Leo XII, the author of a seminal encyclical on social justice. Furthermore, as cardinal of Chicago, the new pope shared articles and a post criticising vice president JD Vance and president Donald Trump for their views and actions on migration. As D'Angelo writes, his papacy could become a counterbalance to Trump's influence. Eating insects is common in many parts of the world, but entomophagy, as the practice is called, has yet to take off in Europe and North America. Still, commentators and politicians across the right-wing political spectrum have voiced their opposition to insect-eating, and some have claimed that various opponents and elites want to force it on the public. D. D. Moore, a researcher at the European University Institute, examines this messaging and explains how it is linked to past conspiracy theories and efforts to dehumanise minorities. |
 Gabriele Abels, University of Tübingen Merz immediately headed out to meet other European leaders once confirmed as chancellor. |
 Emilio José González González, Universidad Nebrija This document founded the EU's Franco-German axis, and paved the way for the Single Market. |
 Massimo D'Angelo, Loughborough University Robert Francis Prevost, from Chicago, is the first ever pope from the US. |
 D. D. Moore, European University Institute False claims that leaders in Europe want to force people to eat insects are meant to provoke fear. |
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