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Madam Transparency and Her Invisible Texts

In Brussels, irony is practically a member state. Yet, Ursula von der Leyen has achieved something of a miracle: making the European Commission more...

Arrigo Mazzi
May 20, 2025 2 min read

Trump’s Pressure Cooker Diplomacy

It happened again. Just when pundits and diplomats had confidently declared Donald Trump’s signature tactics dead on arrival, the former president dusted off his...

Arrigo Mazzi
May 14, 2025 3 min read

Meloni’s Solo Act in Europe’s Trade Drama

If you’ve been wondering where European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been while President Trump unleashed a tariff tantrum threatening to kneecap...

Arrigo Mazzi
May 2, 2025 3 min read

Dream big, spend big

the EU’s draft budget for 2028-2034 However distant these years may seem, it is, in fact, not too early to raise questions about the...

Christopher Tapp
Mar 20, 2025 6 min read

Half full – half empty: the case of USAID

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. This ancient sounding wisdom was probably coined in 1977, by then-President Jimmy Carter’s Director of the Office...

Christopher Tapp
Feb 20, 2025 3 min read

European Commission President marches into battle with a shield…

Last year, in the run-up to the European Parliament elections, Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission has portayed herself as...

Christopher Tapp
Feb 15, 2025 5 min read

In the clash of the European elites, Trumpists seem…

Many experts agree that, with the inauguration of Donald Trump on 20 January for his second term as U.S. President, major changes in the...

Christopher Tapp
Feb 6, 2025 4 min read

A Laundry List for the New German Government

One could be tempted to try to blame this or that political decision for the downfall of the Scholz government. It would be a...

Christopher Tapp
Jan 30, 2025 2 min read

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