OBJECTIVO

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

Never underestimate thy enemy

He who knows his enemy and himself well will not be defeated easily. There’s a plethora of things the...
Christopher Tapp
Dec 8, 2025 1 min read

All Stories

Better to forget a merit-based EU enlargement?

Enlargement of the European Union, which used to be the result of a merit and value based procedure, no longer exists. This is the...
Christopher Tapp
Jul 11, 2025 4 min read

The EU’s pivot towards Asia opens up the possibility…

In efforts to counter Donald Trump’s tariffs, EU Commission President has come up with the idea of building a trade coalition with a group...
Ana Richter
Jul 7, 2025 5 min read

NATO’s Budget Rebel: Spain

At the June 2025 NATO summit in The Hague, the former (and in that position very frugal) Dutch Prime Minister, currently NATO Secretary General...
Arrigo Mazzi
Jul 4, 2025 2 min read

One of the EU’s biggest success stories or, the…

40 years of Schengen When this April the EU celebrated the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Schengen Agreement on free movement, there...
Christopher Tapp
Jul 1, 2025 3 min read

The erosion of democracy in Greece should be a…

Given the shameful developments in Greek domestic politics in recent years, it looks as if European democracy was shot in the heart right there...
Christopher Tapp
Jun 27, 2025 5 min read

Ukrainian medicines without borders: is this really what the…

As an important step on Ukraine’s integration path, five agreements were signed on 9 April 2025, on the 10th meeting of the EU-Ukraine Association...
Christopher Tapp
Jun 26, 2025 5 min read

To Stay or Not to Stay: Metsola’s Million Euro…

For a few short days it looked possible that European Parliament President Roberta Metsola would switch the crowded corridors of the WEISS building to...
Arrigo Mazzi
Jun 23, 2025 2 min read

Big Brother 3.0

“Commission officials stress that the intelligence and law enforcement regime in China does not pass the EU’s standard for privacy protections.” Western fears about...
Arrigo Mazzi
Jun 20, 2025 2 min read
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