by Vincenzo Scarpetta
In an op-ed for The Daily Telegraph, our policy analyst Vincenzo Scarpetta looks at Front National's historic result in the first round of the French regional elections. He argues that the rather impressive…
by Fabian Zuleeg
Given the potential impact on the EU, the UK‘s in/out referendum and the associated reform agenda should be high up the Brussels agenda. But, curiously, so far there has been little obvious activity…
by Nasim Ahmed
I was probably not alone in wanting to be surprised by British Prime Minister David Cameron as he made the case for air strikes against Daesh/ISIS in Syria to a packed parliament on…
by Pieter Cleppe
Denmark will this week hold a referendum on whether to replace its full opt-out from EU justice and home affairs cooperation with a UK-style 'opt-in' model. Open Europe's Pieter Cleppe looks at…
by Robert Heslop
The EU has signed a historic deal with Turkey. In exchange for 3 billion Euros of financial aid, visa free travel for Turkish citizens in the EU and the presumption of EU…
by Silvia Brugger
The European Commission recently released its vision for the global climate change agreement, which is due to be adopted in Paris in December. It is worth noting that the EU is the first…
by O. Krumme Garcia
Having witnessed a week of terrorism, the calls for security in Europe rise high once again. In the middle of the biggest refugee crisis since the end of World War 2,…
by Pieter Cleppe
In the wake of the Paris attacks, Open Europe's Pieter Cleppe and Leopold Traugott look at possible responses to the terrorist threat and set out four reasons why national governments should not…
by Judy Dempsey
Europe has to choose. The murder of 129 people during six separate terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13 is forcing governments across Europe to consider how to deal with the so-called Islamic…
by Vincenzo Scarpetta
Following last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris, France has decided to invoke Article 42(7) of the EU Treaty – establishing that EU countries must provide “aid and assistance” to a fellow member state…