Victor Angelo

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

Italy has a new government. Giuseppe Conte has been successful at putting together a coalition of dissimilar personalities. It brings tog...

Giuseppe Conte is back as head of the new Italian government. Not a very easy task that of chairing a coalition between the 5-Star Moveme...

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 ...

It would be an exaggeration to say that Italy has become a fragile democracy. The governing coalition might be collapsing tonight or tomo...

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

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

The extreme right is like a hodgepodge of ideas. That explains part of its current strength.   I have looked at their political progr...

Strange times in Europe. For instance, no politician wants to be seen as a right-winger. Today, that was the case of the very retrograde ...

Yesterday, Giuseppe Conte, the Italian Prime Minister addressed the EU Parliament in Strasbourg. I do not share some of the views he ...

To recall one’s ambassador accredited to another State is a major move. A decision that is taken at the highest level of authority. It sh...