Victor Angelo

  1. Situation critique du Mali Mali est au bord de l’effondrement en tant qu’État, la majorité de son territoire étant menacée par des grou...

Mali, a vast country and a mosaic of cultures, is just two steps from Europe and one step from collapsing as a state. Earlier this week, the...

Spain wants to race in Africa on its own track Victor Ângelo   The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, was recently in Luanda and, ...

Europe adrift in the sea of migrations Victor Ângelo   A meeting of the European Union's ministers of foreign affairs and internal...

My text in today’s edition of Diário de Notícias newspaper (Lisbon)   Europe and migrations Victor Angelo The European Commission ha...

Earlier in the day, I was explaining to a local group of futurists that I see Morocco playing little Turkey, on their side of the Mediter...

After Syria, Libya has become the new confrontation ground between Russia and Turkey. In both cases, confrontation means bullets, militar...

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

Political pundits keep repeating, since the massive arrival of immigrants and refugees in 2015, that the European Union has no unified po...

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

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 European citizens have little trust left in the ability of the EU institutions and national governments when it comes to managing the ...

As of today and for the next six months, Slovakia will take the lead within the EU. It is the first time they are in charge. I have re...

The Charlemagne Prize is an annual award that recognises outstanding efforts in favour of a stronger EU. This year´s winner is a special o...

Turkey is putting a lot of pressure on the Europeans once more. Time is about the visa issue. They want the EU to cancel the visa requirem...

The Balkans route, as it is known, is now closed to the immigrants stuck in Greece. The Macedonian government got the message well before ...

The EU-Turkey migration summit of 7 March might be more conclusive than what we had expected. The European positions on the migratory flow...

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...

The EU has to adopt a comprehensive response plan to the migratory crisis. The chaotic situations in Greece need to be brought under contr...

Today, I should put on record two events. They are both indicative of the state of mind that prevails in some political quarters in Europe...