by Martin Mycielski
From its conception as the European Coal and Steel Community, through the fall of the Soviet bloc and up until the beginning of the global financial crisis, the EU was largely portrayed as…
by Andrew Duff *
There’s a good and a bad way to leave the European Union. Article 50 is designed to expedite an orderly withdrawal, limiting collateral damage. But for Article 50 to work, we need…
by Yves Pascouau
A new political landscape is emerging in Europe and the US, fostered by multiple insecurities and fears affecting the (potential) losers of globalisation. This new scene is enabling populists with protectionist, isolationist and…
by Stephen Booth
Firstly, Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan to trigger Article 50 by the end of March 2017 is still possible. The Government has said it will appeal to the Supreme Court, which is expected…
by Heather Grabbe & Stefan Lehne
September 8, 2016
EU leaders will meet in Bratislava on September 16 to reflect on how to move forward after the June 23 British referendum decision to leave the union. They…
by Aarti Shankar
The free trade deal between the EU and Canada, known as the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) currently hangs in the balance, with the Walloon regional parliament blocking Belgium from approving the…
by Gert Röhrborn
Over the last weeks Poland has witnessed an unprecedented mobilisation of women against the tightening of the abortion law. Our colleague Gert Röhrborn from our Warsaw office sheds light on recent events.
Last…
by Klaus Linsenmeier
Populists are a growing community fed first by the “euro-crisis” and later by the “immigration crisis”. Democrats need to investigate on the characteristics of populist policy making in order to bring up…
by Vincenzo Scarpetta
Belgium’s liberal MEP and former Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt will be the European Parliament’s lead Brexit negotiator. Open Europe’s Vincenzo Scarpetta looks at what this appointment could mean for the upcoming UK-EU talks.
Guy…
by Paul Ivan
As it becomes increasingly clear that the result of the British referendum will be followed through, the consequences of the UK’s exit from the EU will certainly reduce the Union’s foreign policy…