Victor Angelo

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

The Kremlin has been surprisingly slow in responding to the measures taken by Theresa May against Russia´s hostile actions. It´s difficul...

When it comes to the difficult response to the current US Administration, the EU leaders have decided to follow two lines. First, to k...

Martin Schulz spent many years in Brussels first as Member of European Parliament and in the end, as its President (Speaker). A few weeks ...

For me, the most striking facet of yesterday´s EU summit in Bratislava is clear: it was non-event in terms of the European public opinion....

Sigmar Gabriel is the number two person in the German government. But he is not a member of Chancellor Merkel´s party. He is the leader of...

Paralysis is the key hazard the EU faces as we start the political rentrée. The leaders must respond to this threat by showing a renewed...

This year´s G7 Summit, just completed in Japan, made no history. It was hardly noticed by the European public opinion, just to mention tho...

President Obama, on the last day of his visit to Germany, met with Angela Markel, David Cameron, François Hollande and Matteo Renzi. In my...

The EU sky is not falling This is a difficult time to be an optimist in Brussels. It is even more challenging to advocate for a posi...

I commend Angela Merkel for her very strong words condemning the current Russian military operations in Syria. That´s the type of statemen...

Today´s terrorist attack in Istanbul must be unequivocally condemned. The victims and their families as well as the people of the city and...

Referring again to the New Year´s criminal incidents in Cologne, I think it is important to note that the total number of complaints filed...

My question of yesterday about the model politician in 2015 has been responded to by a number of friends. And obviously, Angela Merkel and...

Time magazine has selected Angela Merkel as “person of the year”. I fully agree. The Chancellor has shown leadership, particularly whe...

The EU public opinion matters a lot. People have access to lots of information but the average citizen is still very much influenced by wh...

We might not always agree with Chancellor Merkel´s views. But there is little doubt she is a strong leader and one that is level-headed, a...

The new Minsk agreement will be in many ways the litmus test about President Putin´s sincerity. I really hope he will come out of it with ...

The joint diplomatic initiative taken by François Hollande and Angela Merkel, who decided to fly to Kiev today and then to Moscow, should ...

It is unwise for the EU leaders to freely comment on the forthcoming elections in Greece. It sounds like outright interference in the dome...