OBJECTIVO – Page 50

The EU’s pivot towards Asia opens up the possibility of a U-turn towards China

In efforts to counter Donald Trump’s tariffs, EU Commission President has come up with the idea of building a...

Ana Richter
Jul 7, 2025 5 min read

Despite Turkish officials said that talks in Istanbul between Ukraine and Russia were ’more positive than expected,’ both suffering...

Christopher Tapp
Jun 2, 2025 7 min read

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

Arrigo Mazzi
May 20, 2025 2 min read

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

Arrigo Mazzi
May 14, 2025 3 min read

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

After a few changes and a slight delay, the von der Leyen Commission finally got the green light from the Parliament. In theory, nothing...

Marta Loeb
Dec 12, 2019 1 min read

A few final thoughts and conclusions (sort of) So far, I’ve written about why rule of law is a beautiful, complex, yet rather tricky...

Marta Loeb
Nov 29, 2019 3 min read

Upcoming initiatives and their problems – how to avoid hurting rule of law while trying to defend it In the previous two parts I...

Marta Loeb
Nov 22, 2019 6 min read

Protecting rule of law in the EU: The current legal framework This is the second part of my analysis on the rule of law...

Marta Loeb
Nov 9, 2019 7 min read

A few legal-ish introductory notes on protecting legal principles This article is by no means intended to say that rule of law shouldn’t be...

Marta Loeb
Nov 5, 2019 4 min read

Quite likely. The von der Leyen Commission took a rough start as three would-be Commissioners have been rejected by various bodies of the European...

Marta Loeb
Oct 25, 2019 3 min read

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