In this last episode before the summer break, Annette and Mathieu take stock of an exciting six months of European politics, during a special edition from Nieuwspoort. With Europe correspondents
Café Europa
The big Europe interview with minister Kaag
The Netherlands as a bridge builder rather than a member of Frugal Four? Should more power go to the European Commission if more countries, like Ukraine, will join the EU?
Brussels election campaign kicks off
A year before the elections, things are crackling in the European Parliament. Timmermans’s Nature Restoration Act puts relations on edge. Has the election campaign already begun? And what can we
Tension in the Balkans and a European family day in Moldova
Almost all European leaders met in Moldova last week for the European Political Community. A one-day summit, with no agenda or final declaration. Why is this new European initiative useful
Turkish elections through a European lens
Annette and Mathieu talk about the exciting election battle in Turkey, which is at the cutting edge. What does it mean for Europe should Erdogan soon disappear from the political
‘Europe is a bastion of freedom and humane laws.’
‘We ourselves cannot always appreciate our Union. Within the EU, we tend to talk mostly about its shortcomings. As British historian and writer Timothy Garton Ash says, evoking George Orwell,
