Our Scans · Brussels · Weekly Summary

• [New] Recent tensions over Greenland, heightened by US President Donald Trump's now-rescinded threats to impose additional tariffs of 10% on goods from eight European countries, have revived discussion in Brussels on the EU's Anti-Coercion Instrument. gmfus
• A speculative scenario dubbed Europe 2031, created by Brussels-based thinktankers, envisions the EU falling far behind the US and China in AI due to underinvestment in datacenters and a lack of tech sovereignty. AI-Weekly
• For the first time, Brussels will assess whether countries are investing enough in the people needed to sustain Europe's economic and industrial ambitions. Politico
• 2026 will intensify tensions in EU-China relations, with divergent push-pull factors driving Brussels farther from Beijing, while drawing some European capitals closer in a classic divide-and-rule play. chinaobservers
• The prospect of prolonged disruption is driving a broader debate in Brussels over energy security. Euronews
• Brussels moves back to mitigation and depoliticization, conscious there will still be bumps along the road. European Council on Foreign Relations
• The foreign policy resources of the European Union are being reduced, given that the extensive network of world-wide links of British diplomacy will become inaccessible to Brussels. PubMed Central (PMC)
• The suburban S-train networks around Brussels, Antwerp, Liege, and Charleroi will also be expanded further. Trip By Trip
• Brussels will point to concerns about job quality, saying one in five workers are trapped in low-wage jobs in sectors with weak productivity growth, while one in 12 face a risk of in-work poverty. Politico

Last updated: 09 July 2026