Victor Angelo

Jean-Claude Juncker has just been confirmed, by a vote in the European Parliament, as the new President of the European Commission. The vot...

Some leaders never miss a chance to remind us they are just fools. Every new statement, every new proposal, all moves are like reminders o...

The next EU-Russia Summit is taking place on Tuesday, 28 January, in Brussels. It will be a very short meeting. Initially thought to last ...

The Ukrainian situation remains at the top of the EU agenda. It is true that the crisis keeps widening. But there is another major reason....

We are witnessing a serious escalation of the Ukrainian crisis. There are good reasons to be very worried. It is now impossible to rem...

Greece has just taken the presidency of the EU for the first semester of this year. It is their turn, as the rules go. And it is a goo...

The EU Council meeting has just ended in Brussels. The atmosphere in the room was not good. There was more suspicion and rivalry around th...

Prime Minister Cameron´s visit to Beijing reminds me that there is no EU coherent policy regarding the relations with China. It is tru...

Barroso has now said, in a TV interview, he is not seeking a new mandate as President of the European commission. His mandate ends in Octo...

As I prepared myself in order to write an opinion piece about the European Union’s prospects and priorities for next year or so I noticed ...

At 13:45 hours the European Commission made public their proposal regarding the establishment of a mechanism that would have the authority...

The French have found a new punching bag: it is called Barroso. They are all out against him. They have looked at old closets and found a ...

The comments made by the EU Commission President about the “reactionary” French protectionism” are very brave but extremely undiplomatic. ...

A man that knows the EU well told me this evening that the high rates of unemployment are turning people against the European project. The...

You ask EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn and his team what is the solution for country A or B or C to return to growth and you ...

The question today is a very painful one: who is in charge of the EU? Indeed, it is sad to note that the European machinery is without a ...

Still on yesterday’s meeting of the EU Council, and on the budget for 2014-2020, the big winner is David Cameron. He managed to get Angel...

Barroso delivered a very interesting speech yesterday in Lisbon. The link to the Portuguese language version of it is the folloowing: htt...

These days, there is a ghost walking the corridors of the Berlaymont building. People talk about him, give him a name, put a French accent i...

The UK Prime Minister has drafted a letter to state his government's position regarding the EU budgets for the next years. Basically, Da...