Crackpot Ideas and Real Risks
By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)
“Les extrêmes se touchent” (extremes meet), as...
What to expect from von der Leyen’s State of the Union?
On 16 September, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will deliver her “State of the Union” address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg....
The Nuclear Alliance: How 14 EU States Are Rewriting Energy Policy
How the energy crisis pushed the EU back toward the atom — and how far the revival has actually gone
By Susanna L. Kellogg
Energy independence...
Not just immigration
Following the victory of Germany’s right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated during a...
How the Nvidia-Hugging Face deal has opened Europe’s path toward a...
By Anna Grebenchtchikova, an independent consultant in the finance and AI field. She previously worked at Société Générale, Goldman Sachs, and McKinsey’s.
Nvidia has...
An abstract CJEU interpretation procedure for Britzerland?
By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017), Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, Baudenbacher Law AG...
Europe Has a Capital Problem. More Centralisation Won’t Solve It
By Amir Naser Hojati, a trader in global futures markets and a fintech entrepreneur focused on risk, capital allocation and productive investment.
Europe does not...
The EU Is Bracing for a Political Earthquake
By former Dutch diplomat Johannes Vervloed
Next year, important elections will take place across large parts of the EU. These will be held in four large...
Why Iceland Rejected EU Membership
By Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson. Professor Emeritus of Politics at the University of Iceland
In the referendum on 29 August 2026, Iceland rejected negotiations on EU membership for...
Sánchez’s Spain is putting European solidarity to the test
By Ruben Cober
European politics has been dominated by a single argument for years. Whenever the European Union fails to formulate a common position or...
