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The EU in 2022

The easiest and probably the safest prediction for 2022 is that it’ll be rather unpredictable, and probably will not have much semblance to what...
Christopher Tapp
4 min read

Preparations for a Post-Merkel EU

As the post-Merkel era seems more difficult to cooperate with and probably also less predictable, it was just the question of time that Paris...
Christopher Tapp
2 min read

A few thoughts on the Summit for Democracy

Summit for Democracy was the name of the most prestigious (?) online event of the previous week, hosted by President Biden. When then presidential...
Leslie Zelinka
3 min read

How the EU (almost) stole Christmas

Slightly surprisingly, there haven’t been many memes published (yet) about Commissioner Helena “Grinch” Dalli stealing Christmas. Which, of course is not exactly the truth....
Leslie Zelinka
4 min read

Is something rotten in the Netherlands….

Though I’m not a great believer of „national characteristics”, a.k.a. stereotypes, e.g. that every Scotsman is miserly and every American is brash, but I...
Christopher Tapp
3 min read

Ready, steady, go – the Traffic Light Coalition is…

What to expect from the new German government It is not final yet, as it needs to be approved by the parties themselves, but...
Christopher Tapp
4 min read

A few thoughts on the COP26 conference

In spite of the few moments, when it seemed that it won’t happen, the end of the COP26 conference saw the birth of the...
Christopher Tapp
2 min read

Why the EU should maybe reconsider its attitude towards…

As the fourth (third? fifth?) wave of COVID hit Europe and as all eyes were fixed on Glasgow, a little tit-for-tat in Brussel was...
Marta Loeb
5 min read

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