L ast week East-Flanders' Europe Direct Information Centre hosted a lively debate about the future of the European Union. Senior transatlantic fellow of the German Marshall Fund Rosa Balfour and Fidesz MEP Györgi Schöpflin…
T wo weeks ago, Nigel Farage was invited by the Flemish nationalist and conservative student association KVHV to give a guest lecture at Ghent University, Belgium. In his speech, Farage lashed out at the European Union…
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M anifold were the sighs of relief after ISIS was defeated in Mosul and Raqqa in the course of 2017. Yet, while its territorial caliphate has been reduced significantly, the online caliphate…
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O n the 22nd of March, the Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (ACRE) hosted…
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A fter the exodus of European youth to Syria and Iraq, the problem of how to deal with these so-called foreign fighters surfaced. Why did they leave to fight? Which ranks…
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O n Tuesday 23 January, the European Constitutional Affairs Committee gave the green light for a proposal which would allocate part of the British parliamentary seats to members elected by a…
[dropcap size=small]On the 17th of November, the EU member states met in Gothenburg, Sweden for a social summit. Even though the member states agreed upon a so-called 'European pillar of social rights,' outlining several…