Victor Angelo

  Lisbon, 16th January 2026 My dear Friedrich, I find myself writing to you from a century that you might well have prophesied, yet one whic...

Europe and the Coming Turbulence Victor Ângelo   The launch of the Conference on the Future of Europe took place this week in Strasbou...

In general terms, I found the speech delivered yesterday by the President of the European Union to the European Parliament as positive, opti...

The European Union can only survive in the hearts and minds of its citizens if it is perceived as political project that promotes freedom...

Today, the Presidents of the European Council, the Commission and the European Parliament visited the Greek border with Turkey. The Prime...

The European Parliamentarians – MEPs, as they are known – will be discussing soon the names and portfolios of the next European Commissio...

I have now read the questions and objections that certain parties in the European Parliament have raised and addressed to Ursula von der ...

I travelled quite a bit during the last four days or so. Travelling is essential to see the reality for ourselves. It’s the other side of ...

The results are out, and most of the European voters decided to support the common goal of a stronger Europe. That’s great news. Everybod...

On this European Day, I wrote in my Portuguese language blog “Vistas Largas” that a lot has been achieved in terms of our common future a...

In today’s Europe, the banner around “liberal values” does not attract enough support. Everything that is associated with “liberalism” is...

Brexit is taking too much of EU leaders’ attention and energy. It’s time to sort it out, to have enough clarity about the direction to fo...

In the EU context, immigration cannot be seen just from the number of people that keep entering the European territory. Very often the de...

The elections for the EU Parliament will take place in May 2019. No need to tell you that no political party has invited me to run. Fine!...

The discussion about the selection and approval of the next European Commission President has now openly started. Juncker is still on up t...

The EU´s future is at a crossroads. My choice is to move forward. But not every member state will be prepared for a closer integration pro...

Every 9 May, the EU celebrates Europe Day. This year we might conclude there isn´t much to be happy about. Martin Schulz, the EU Parli...

There was a great deal of confusion today in the European Parliament. The Members (MEPs) were supposed to take a vote on the Transatlantic...

In all institutions it is important to analyse who are the power brokers, the people of real influence, or said differently, the ones that...

I wrote today, in my contribution to the next issue of the Portuguese magazine Visão,  that the indifference of the citizens towards the E...