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The Dutch Buck the Populist Trend

20/03/2017 Inside Europe

by JUDY DEMPSEY The Netherlands’ pro-European prime minister has secured an important election victory, but not without pandering to the far Right. After a campaign so often shamefully marked by anti-Islam, anti-Turkey, and anti-immigration rhetoric, the Dutch…

Enhancing Regional Renewables Cooperation in the EU

17/03/2017 Business

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by Kathrin Glastra & Anna Leidreiter Key insights and policy recommendations for decisionmakers on local, national and European level from a study tour to the North Sea region. The EU´s ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans’ package which is currently…

Alternative Path To Middle East Peace – Israel Should Join EU?

17/03/2017 Israel

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DISCLAIMER : all opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe by Henryk M. Broder BERLIN — The two-state-solution is not, as most of us would think, a new idea. It is…

Will Europe Follow Trump on Migration?

13/03/2017 The Opinion

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by Stefan Lehne U.S. President Donald Trump’s first weeks in office were marked by drastic measures to prevent migrants and refugees from entering the United States. He temporarily banned citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries from…

Monday Talk with Sweden’s Ambassador to NATO on Emerging Security Challenges

13/03/2017 Ambassadors Corner, Monday Talks

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Vocal Europe: Anti-establishment populism in Europe is undeniably on the rise. From Brexit, to French far-right Marine Le Pen, and to Wilders Party of Freedom in Netherlands where rejection of old orthodoxies, political…

The sixth scenario for the future of Europe

09/03/2017 The Opinion

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by Žiga Turk There has never been a shortage of thinking about the future of Europe. Last week, the Commission presented its five scenarios. Which is timely, because things are not working as they are. And…

How the Dutch Fell Out of Love With the EU

03/03/2017 Inside Europe

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by REM KORTEWEG After decades of embracing a firmly pro-EU stance, the Dutch appear increasingly out of sorts and disappointed with the European Union. There is something up with the Dutch. As one of the six founding…

How Donald Trump Could Save EU Foreign Policy

01/03/2017 The Opinion

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by STEFAN LEHNE, HEATHER GRABBE The EU should take Donald Trump’s arrival as U.S. president as a major wake-up call to upgrade its foreign and security policies. Trump’s comments on foreign policy during the election campaign suggest…

Russia’s nuclear energy diplomacy in the Middle East: why the EU should take notice

22/02/2017 Russia

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by Marco Giuli Russia is not a new player in the energy sector of the MENA (Middle East and Northern Africa) region. However, its nuclear energy diplomacy in the region received a further impetus in the…

Britain is leaving its own creation, the single market

21/02/2017 Business

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by Vít Novotný The 2010s are becoming a decade of geopolitical paradoxes, even tectonic shifts. Donald Trump’s electoral victory may create a new and outrageous alliance between the US and Russia at the expense of the…

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