Victor Angelo

A more vibrant European spring Victor Angelo   The next six to eight weeks, including the Easter period, could be a period of great te...

Putin has become agitated Victor Angelo     Vladimir Putin is a real puzzle in the literal and figurative sense. In the face of recent...

Some good news from Germany. Armin Laschet is a balanced choice to succeed Angela Merkel as CDU party leader. He is the respected Chief Mini...

A Bolder Europe Victor Angelo   When it comes to real European politics, it is always good to start by knowing what Angela Merkel thin...

The summit call that took place today between the EU leaders and President Xi revealed a gulf of differences between the two sides when it c...

  Translation of today’s opinion piece as published in Diário de Notícias (Lisbon). 29 Aug. 2020 Troubled waters in the Eastern Mediterr...

After four-and-half days of negotiations, the European leaders reached an agreement on the next budget for the European Commission, cover...

The EU summit is still on, at the end of the second day. It is too early to comment on it, as I do not know what the outcome will be. But...

On Friday, the EU leaders will meet in Brussels. This will be the first face-to-face meeting since the beginning of the pandemic. The age...

The European Recovery Fund, proposed by the President of the European Commission, was favourably received in the various capitals of the ...

Today, Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Emmanuel Macron stated they will advocate for the establishment of a €500 billion recovery ...

The judgement issued by Germany’s Constitutional Court regarding the European Central Bank’s bond purchasing programme must be taken very...

Chancellor Angela Merkel and her party are losing ground. They are going through a party leadership crisis as well. On the other hand, Al...

The German government will host tomorrow in Berlin a conference that aims at bringing a solution to the civil conflict in Libya. The firs...

From a European perspective, the resolution of the Libyan civil conflict is a priority. Such crisis has several consequences that are of ...

When it comes to European defence, it is not either the US or Turkey that count. It is basically how the issue is seen by the French, the...

Besides the German leaders, the Presidents of Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary participated in the ceremony in Berlin, ma...

The Italian people will decide what next, when called to vote for a new government. That’s how our democracies work. It is however quite ...

31 October is not too far away. But it is far enough for us to be able to say what is going to happen to the UK’s Brexit. However, it sho...

On this Bastille Day 2019, I think we can draw two very clear lines. First, the European defence must be taken seriously. Our countri...