Germany’s Chancellor Under Siege
By former Dutch MP and MEP Derk Jan Eppink
During a weekend meeting in mid-April at Villa Borsig in Berlin, the leaders of Germany’s governing parties,...
Crisis of Confidence: Is the World Health Organization (WHO) Still Fit...
Last year, the partner countries of the World Health Organisation (WHO) signed a so-called ‘pandemic agreement’ on how to tackle future pandemics, such as...
A Court Without Limits? Three Structural Problems With the Strasbourg Human...
By Thomas Spaas, a Belgian Attorney specialised in Belgian and international tax issues
Criticism of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has indeed grown...
Securing AI Chips in the Global Race to Build AI Hubs
Last year, the European Commission presented its plan to catch up in the global race to build artificial intelligence (AI) hubs. Therefore, through leveraging...
How the Mafia Is Infiltrating Italy’s Use of EU Covid Funds
By Prof. Vincenzo Musacchio, an expert in criminal law, organised crime and corruption at the Council of Europe
Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR)...
Hungary: Orbánism without Orbán?
By Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson, Professor Emeritus of Politics at the University of Iceland
When the results of the Hungarian parliamentary elections on 12 April 2026 were announced,...
NGOs on the defence?
Political campaigning seems to be increasingly conducted through the court room. Last week, Greenpeace and the American company Energy Transfer faced off in an...
The “Energy Transition” as a Solution to Energy Scarcity Is Unrealistic...
By former Dutch diplomat Johannes Vervloed
The war in Iran has brought home the harsh reality to policymakers in Brussels and in the capitals of...
EU Steel Protectionism Comes at the Expense of Competitiveness
By international affairs specialist Glen Hodgson of Swedish think tank Free Trade Europa
In the Taoist text The Liezi, attributed to Lie Yukou, it is said...
Europe’s Iran Strategy Needs Clarity, Not Illusion
By Martin Patzelt, a former member of the German Bundestag. He was part of the German Parliament’s Human Rights Committee for two terms, where...
