OBJECTIVO – Page 11

What about our right to receive unbiased reporting on Ukraine?

While the number of reports, analyses, investigative materials and commentaries on Ukraine including its EU membership bid, as well...

Christopher Tapp
Feb 23, 2026 4 min read

Following Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela, would the EU impose sanctions on the US?

Given the EU’s nineteen sanction packages imposed on Russia in response to Moscow’s ’military operation’, i.e. full-scale war against...

Arrigo Mazzi
Jan 13, 2026 3 min read

Billions to Ukraine: Yes. Implementing the Draghi Report: No.

On September 9 2024, former ECB President Mario Draghi published a landmark report. A document of approximately 400 pages,...

Christopher Tapp
Jan 10, 2026 2 min read

With the Pact for the Mediterranean, the EU opened a door to migration while degrading entire Erasmus generations in Europe

While the EU-Middle East and North Africa (MENA) pact undoubtably has real political advantages, its long-term migratory effect also...

Christopher Tapp
Dec 22, 2025 3 min read

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Fortress Europe. Population: Finally Realistic

Europe. A land of wine, ruins, and strategic amnesia. For a continent that gave the world Machiavelli, it’s almost charming how its leaders consistently...

Christopher Tapp
May 17, 2025 3 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

Was it a good idea to appoint Balts to…

(Spoiler: No, it was not.) Our topic today should be discussed partly in the context of the traditionally and admittedly troubled Baltic-Russian relations, as...

Christopher Tapp
May 10, 2025 8 min read

‘America First’ Redux: How Trump’s Harding-Style Tactics Threaten the…

The transatlantic trade war of 2025 bears an uncanny resemblance to the debt crises of the 1920s — and Donald Trump’s ‘refusal’ to negotiate...

Christopher Tapp
May 6, 2025 3 min read

The EU Commission Easing On GDPR: What About Our…

During the drafting process of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR for short, which took effect in 2018, the proposal drew a...

Christopher Tapp
May 4, 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

The EU Commission’s biased system of likes and dislikes…

What determines whether a Member State’s decision on migration is welcomed or rejected by Brussels? Depending on the subjective preferences of the key decision-makers,...

Ana Richter
Apr 28, 2025 5 min read

The EU Bureaucracy Showcased its Talents

Nobody has ever claimed that the EU was a lean, efficient and streamlined machine working with the speed of light – except for the...

Arrigo Mazzi
Apr 23, 2025 2 min read