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Monday, 30 May 2016

Poverty, drought and neglect in the Sahel

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It is with deep sadness that we have learned about the loss of another five peacekeepers deployed in Mali with the UN mission. They were k...
Friday, 27 May 2016

The 2016 G7 Summit is over

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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...
Thursday, 26 May 2016

On the G7 Summit

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The G7 Summit, which has just started in Japan, has been used by President Obama to send a few darts against Donald Trump. Fine. Everythin...
Wednesday, 25 May 2016

Africa Day

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On this Day of Africa, I acknowledge that the EU´s Africa policy has lost visibility and depth. 
Monday, 23 May 2016

Austria and the European silence

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The extreme-right candidate ended up by losing the presidential elections in Austria. He was pretty close to get the position, as the fina...
Friday, 20 May 2016

To be better at fighting radical views

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My understanding is that the anti-radicalisation programmes in France and Belgium, at least, are not achieving the expected results. The i...
Wednesday, 18 May 2016

Do not underestimate Trump´s chances

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The snags Hillary Clinton is facing – obvious today again as we got the results of the primaries in Kentucky and Oregon – do not augur wel...
Tuesday, 17 May 2016

Progress on Syria and Libya: it should be possible

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The efforts being led these days by John Kerry and Sergey Lavrov regarding Libya and Syria should be recognised. They are spending a good ...
Monday, 16 May 2016

Libya needs a more coordinated EU assistance

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Key countries committed to help Libya to overcome the chaos created in October 2011, when Muammar Kaddafi was overthrown by a Western coal...
Friday, 13 May 2016

Still on corruption: aid transparency

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Aid transparency ranking: Data compiled in the Aid Transparency Index and released  by Publish What You Fund in April 2016. Only 10 d...