by Roland Freudenstein
What we are going through now … will change our country. - Angela Merkel
We don’t want to change! - Viktor Orban
Just like previous crises, the one about the refugees has highlighted…
by Dr Bruno Macaes
The industrial internet – the network of intelligent machines, software analytics and people – would address the European productivity slowdown by providing a foundation for new businesses, new jobs and higher productivity.…
DISCLAIMER : all opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe
by Diana Alghoul
Last week, Israel announced that it is going to fine Egypt $1.7 billion for rescinding a…
by Vincenzo Scarpetta
The Spanish general election delivered a messier outcome than expected. With no obvious government in sight, Open Europe’s Vincenzo Scarpetta discusses some possible scenarios. He argues that Spain can, at best, hope for…
DISCLAIMER : all opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe
by Iyad Al-Dalimi
The ruling elite in Baghdad has suddenly realised that they are ruling a country called Iraq…
by Sven Biscop
‘The Germans never make a small mistake, because they are cautioned against all small mistakes in their manuals, without reference to which they seldom do anything whatever. But they can always be relied…
by Maria Salfi
The trade benefits from TTIP can be significant, but not necessarily for SMEs. For many SMEs it takes courage to step out of their domestic markets and start exporting. With their resource constraints…
by Vincenzo Scarpetta
Spaniards will head to the polls on Sunday in what is easily the most unpredictable Spanish general election in decades. Open Europe’s Vincenzo Scarpetta previews this unprecedented four-way race, looking at the…
by O. Krumme Garcia
A bit more than two weeks ago, the German Parliament has approved, by a big majority, to deploy army troops and fighter jets for reconnaissance flights to Syria, to fight alongside…
by Alastair Newton & Robyn Nagioff
On 30 November, representatives of 196 nations, plus innumerable international organisations and other ‘interested parties’, will assemble in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Confer-ence/21st Session of…