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Give the kids those damned marshmallows

Sinterklaas is here. Mountains of chocolate everywhere. Looking at the kids walking on the streets with their goodies and wanting to eat “just one...

Marta Loeb
Dec 16, 2019 3 min read

On Double Standards

Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out...

Christopher Tapp
Oct 7, 2019 2 min read

Children of the world, unite!

Fast rising sea levels. Rainforests burning. Greenland ice sheet melting. Glaciers disappearing. Heat waves. Drought. Flooding. Fishes disappearing. The problems caused by climate change...

Marta Loeb
Oct 4, 2019 2 min read

On “The European Way of Life”

I am an American soldier. I am a warrior and a member of a team. (…) I am a guardian of freedom and the...

Marta Loeb
Sep 27, 2019 3 min read

The New Commission – beyond a fancy (?) job…

Just a few days ago, Ursula von der Leyen announced the names and portfolios of the would-be Commissioners. Many things have been said and...

Marta Loeb
Sep 23, 2019 1 min read

The Three Wise Men and Passion

This is not the title of the next Christmas blockbuster. The story behind is more like a reality show, with people living in a...

Marta Loeb
Sep 10, 2019 4 min read

In search for a new enlargement commissioner

Once upon a time enlargement was widely viewed as the EU’s most successful foreign policy tool. Membership being considered as the ultimate reward, the...

Christopher Tapp
Aug 16, 2019 3 min read

Long live the Queen!

Yeah, I know, she’s not a queen. But Ursula von der Leyen, the newly elected European Commission president will surely be a central figure...

Marta Loeb
Jul 25, 2019 3 min read

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