Victor Angelo

Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker completed today their mandates as leaders of the EU. I think it is fair to say that both have committ...

The plan the British Prime Minister sent to Brussels today, regarding a withdrawal agreement with the EU, is a construction in the air. I...

I am not sure that Friday afternoon is a good time for great political moves. At least, from the perspective of public information and su...

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 international affairs, the new European leadership team will have to deal with an interesting deck of cards. I mean the Russian Presid...

The European Council could not reach an agreement on nominations to the big positions. The decision is particularly difficult when it com...

A couple of senior French journalists, seasoned when it comes to cover events around the EU in Brussels, wrote that the European Council ...

Regarding the choice of Jean-Claude Juncker’s successor, the informal consultations between the leaders have yet to point towards a conse...

Tonight, after the EU Council meeting, my bet is that the chances of seeing Margrethe Vestager as the next Commission President have seri...

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...

Last evening, I watched the debate among the six lead candidates for the European Parliament. This was a good initiative, thanks to Euron...

In the UK, those Conservative opinion-makers who are unconditionally for Brexit want their readers to believe the EU leaders do not respe...

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...

Brexit issues made us lose sight of the joint meeting on 26 March between Xi Jinping, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and Jean-Claude Ju...

Theresa May lost the vote again, for a second time. And I would add, we, the Europeans, have also been defeated. It is in our common inte...

As I listened this afternoon to Theresa May’s statement at Westminster – and to the following parliamentary debate – I could only conclud...

Today's world in Brussels should be "restrain". This is a time that requires moderation, tact, discretion, prudence, circum...

After the Westminster vote on the Brexit Deal, and its most shocking result, the question that is in all minds is very clear: what’s next...

At this stage, the best option for all of us in the European neighbourhood – UK and EU – would be to have the Withdrawal Agreement approv...

From a European perspective, Brexit is the leading issue of 2018. At least for many EU leaders and British politicians that spent a great...