Portugal’s Presidential Election and the Failure of the Centre-Right
By Miguel Nunes Silva
In Portugal, the insurgent right-wing party CHEGA! (CH | PfE) has secured another upset in its struggle against the establishment. On...
The new Dutch coalition agreement is detached from reality
By Derk Jan Eppink, a former Dutch MP and MEP
The coalition agreement of the proposed new Dutch minority cabinet led by Rob Jetten (picture -...
Belgian PM De Wever urges EU leaders to engage in a...
Speaking at the New Year's event ‘The Future of Europe’ of Belgian daily De Tijd, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has stated that...
“The EU’s new 2040 climate target is unachievable”
Vincent Bénard, town and country planning engineer and economist, former president of the Brussels-based Hayek Institute, is the author of “The EU Climate Law:...
Are Europe and Canada fighting authoritarianism by embracing It?
By Roald Schoenmakers
Canada and Europe have rediscovered their moral compass. They are going to work with China to stop Trump's authoritarianism. Seriously. One would...
Western tech supremacy requires openness, not restrictions
Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Dario Amodei, the ceo of leading US artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic, strongly criticized the US decision to...
The EU can’t change Trump – But it can change itself
Right after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen finally signed the landmark free trade agreement with Latin American trading bloc Mercosur, US President...
Trump’s ‘flexible realism’ is strategic, honest and overdue
By Ryan Grillo
The muscular foreign policy of President Trump is not about glory for glory’s sake. It is a clear expression of America First.
Trump’s...
The EU’s “energy transition” is accelerating the exodus of major industrial...
By Professor Em. Samuel Furfari. He is a Chemical Engineer, having taught energy geopolitics and energy politics at Brussels ULB University (Université Libre de Bruxelles), between...
No Safe Bets
How Europe Can Survive in an Age of Unreliable Partners
By Joshua Livestro, a member of the Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs
"The United...
