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EU Accelerates India Trade Deal Ahead of Modi’s Visit to Europe

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By Sumit Singh, a freelance journalist based in New Delhi As Prime Minister Narendra Modi (picture) prepares for a high-profile summer tour of Europe — including...

Germany’s Chancellor Under Siege

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By former Dutch MP and MEP Derk Jan Eppink During a weekend meeting in mid-April at Villa Borsig in Berlin, the leaders of Germany’s governing parties,...

Confronting an increasingly complex Iran challenge

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By Jim Higgins, a former member of the European Parliament for Ireland (2004-2014) The international community is confronting an increasingly complex Iran challenge—one that manifests...

The ECB’s Test: Act Now or Repeat the Mistake of 2021–22

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By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)  Will the ECB avoid repeating its...

Crisis of Confidence: Is the World Health Organization (WHO) Still Fit for Purpose?

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Last year, the partner countries of the World Health Organisation (WHO) signed a so-called ‘pandemic agreement’ on how to tackle future pandemics, such as...

A Court Without Limits? Three Structural Problems With the Strasbourg Human Rights Court

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By Thomas Spaas, a Belgian Attorney specialised in Belgian and international tax issues Criticism of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has indeed grown...

Securing AI Chips in the Global Race to Build AI Hubs

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Last year, the European Commission presented its plan to catch up in the global race to build artificial intelligence (AI) hubs. Therefore, through leveraging...

How the Mafia Is Infiltrating Italy’s Use of EU Covid Funds

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By Prof. Vincenzo Musacchio, an expert in criminal law, organised crime and corruption at the Council of Europe Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR)...

Hungary: Orbánism without Orbán?

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By Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson, Professor Emeritus of Politics at the University of Iceland When the results of the Hungarian parliamentary elections on 12 April 2026 were announced,...

NGOs on the defence?

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Political campaigning seems to be increasingly conducted through the court room. Last week, Greenpeace and the American company Energy Transfer faced off in an...