OBJECTIVO – Page 28

Lessons on democracy, European Parliament-style

Sitting in a Viennese hotel, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, former Austrian Minister...

Christopher Tapp
Jul 20, 2024 3 min read

EU’s New Foreign Policy Chief Is Eager To Jump Into The Deep End Of Politics

When Putin’s authorities dismissed a warrant for her arrest in February, Estonian PM Kaja Kallas declared to the world...

Arrigo Mazzi
Jul 11, 2024 7 min read

Official: migration to EU in 2023 reaches historic 2015 peak

A campaign topic for European elections, a party slogan, a phenomenon that can easily lead to resignation of governments...

Christopher Tapp
Jun 30, 2024 4 min read

The Weakest G7 summit of all times

Until now, the posh, and very private, Italian resort Borgo Egnazia was mostly famous for being the place where...

Arrigo Mazzi
Jun 21, 2024 4 min read

All Stories

The COVID-19 and the environment

The favorite closing scene of every pro-environmentalist blockbuster (think The Day After Tomorrow) is the self-healing of Mother Earth. A giant shockwave or a...

Marta Loeb
May 18, 2020 4 min read

What to expect from the upcoming German presidency?

The Croatian presidency of the EU has been, is and will be dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic. No wonder that not much of the...

Marta Loeb
May 11, 2020 2 min read

Power struggles on both sides of the Atlantic

There are valuable lessons to be learned during this pandemic on cooperation, coordination and preparedness, or even on how to phase out emergency measures....

Christopher Tapp
May 8, 2020 4 min read

Desperate times call for desperate measures

I have to admit, I am a huge fan of Tom Clancy, RIP. Jack Ryan is the perfect patriotic hero, the earlier version of...

Marta Loeb
May 6, 2020 4 min read

Entering the guessing game: predictions about the future of…

The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different. Peter Drucker Celebrating the first digital/virtual Easter ever in silence...

Christopher Tapp
Apr 27, 2020 3 min read

Still time to learn from our 2009 mistakes –…

It’s not a big surprise that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen heavily criticized the lack of solidarity between member states during the...

Marta Loeb
Apr 20, 2020 4 min read

The Olympics postponed. What comes next?

Only three Olympic Games were cancelled since 1896. Ever. All of them (1916, 1940, 1944) because of a World War. (1940 should have been...

Christopher Tapp
Apr 8, 2020 2 min read

Three problems to solve regardless the coronavirus pandemic

Where there’s hope, there’s life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again. Anne Frank I’ve spent the last few days...

Christopher Tapp
Mar 31, 2020 3 min read

Storm in a Tweet-Cup: Keir Starmer’s Missile Mishap In his first week as British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer made significant strides on the international stage, particularly at the NATO summit in Washington. There, he emphasized a strong commitment to NATO and urged... Read More

In liberal democracies, disagreement with mainstream is no longer tolerated What has led to the return of assassinations to politics, both in Europe and in America? Is it the deterioration of political discourse, the more aggressive communication, or the war in Ukraine that is... Read More

Von der Leyen’s vicious master plan to keep power With the upcoming European election, the science-fiction world of digital geopolitics seems to be turning into reality. In this new reality, far right can play a key role and that may push European Commission... Read More

Franco-German bromance reloaded? With less than one week before the EU elections, time is running out for those wishing to modify the projected outcome. No wonder that President Macron had an official visit in Germany, the first... Read More