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Analysis · European Policy · 01
The Commission proposes laws, enforces EU rules and manages programmes. It does not legislate alone—and its claim to political independence has defined limits.
· 6 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 02
Europe’s directly elected chamber shares lawmaking and budget power, scrutinises the executive and turns national party competition into European coalitions.
· 6 min read · MEGA EU Editorial Desk
Analysis · European Policy · 03
The European Council sets political direction without passing ordinary EU laws—a distinction central to understanding where Brussels power begins and ends.
· 6 min read · MEGA EU Editorial Desk
Analysis · European Policy · 04
The Brussels think tank covers nearly every major EU policy field while locating judgement with individual researchers rather than the institution.
· 6 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 05
Bruegel’s non-doctrinal economic research informs debates over competitiveness, trade, energy and public finance without carrying democratic authority of its own.
· 6 min read · MEGA EU Editorial Desk
Analysis · European Policy · 06
The pan-European think tank openly seeks coalitions for change in foreign policy. Its work is influential analysis, not an official voice of the EU.
· 6 min read · MEGA EU Editorial Desk
Analysis · European Policy · 07
Academic research and concrete policy design meet in an institution named for one of European integration’s defining political figures.
· 6 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 08
The Martens Centre openly identifies as the European People’s Party’s official think tank and a catalyst for centre-right ideas.
· 6 min read · MEGA EU Editorial Desk
Analysis · European Policy · 09
FEPS is explicit about its role: it serves Europe’s progressive political family and develops ideas for socialist and social-democratic policy.
· 6 min read · MEGA EU Editorial Desk
Analysis · European Policy · 010
The Hague institute combines independent international-affairs research with diplomatic training, placing it between analysis and practice.
· 6 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 011
Egmont combines independent research, operational policy options and diplomatic training where much EU foreign policy is negotiated.
· 6 min read · MEGA EU Editorial Desk
Analysis · European Policy · 012
The Brussels organisation combines convening with an explicit commitment to integration, inclusion and multilateral cooperation.
· 6 min read · MEGA EU Editorial Desk
Analysis · European Policy · 013
Germany’s Basic Law sets an intentionally high threshold for excluding a political party from democratic competition.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 014
A durable integration settlement needs measurable expectations alongside access to education and employment.
· 5 min read · Elin Söderberg
Analysis · European Policy · 015
Denmark shows how restrictive migration positions can become a cross-party governing consensus.
· 5 min read · Elin Söderberg
Analysis · European Policy · 016
The war in Ukraine has reopened questions about what military neutrality requires from a prosperous EU member.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 017
External processing promises speed, but courts, costs and European law determine whether the model can operate.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 018
The north–south fiscal divide sits behind a constitutional argument over devolved powers.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 019
Frontline enforcement, humanitarian obligations and local capacity meet most visibly in the Aegean.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 020
Investor-citizenship schemes turn a national competence into a union-wide security and trust question.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 021
The island’s Green Line combines an unresolved conflict with asylum pressure and EU legal complexity.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 022
Disputes over EU funds expose the tension between national electoral mandates and conditions attached to a common budget.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 023
Government positions on sovereignty, criminal law and foreign policy have sharpened conflict with Brussels and domestic opponents.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 024
Membership moved a national frontier into the core of Europe’s passport-free area.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 025
Slovenia’s influence comes from coalition-building, expertise and regional knowledge as much as formal blocking power.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 026
Digital public services are a strategic strength, but wartime pressure raises questions about data, identity and due process.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 027
Russian-language education and media policy are shaped by both national cohesion and individual rights.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 028
State-organised migration pressure creates a genuine security challenge without suspending refugee protections.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 029
An asylum system loses credibility when final decisions are slow, inconsistent or rarely implemented.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 030
National procurement protects domestic interests but multiplies systems, costs and logistical complexity.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 031
New common rules address spyware, ownership and editorial independence while raising competence questions.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 032
Ageing changes the fiscal mathematics of pensions, care, housing and labour supply.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 033
The Mercosur debate asks whether market access can coexist with credible environmental and food standards.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 034
Generation targets are outrunning grids, storage and cross-border capacity in parts of the continent.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 035
The Western Balkans bring security urgency, but accession still requires durable institutional convergence.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 036
Common standards lose authority when governments believe enforcement depends on political alignment.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 037
The carbon border mechanism seeks fair competition while manufacturers face high energy and compliance costs.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 038
New common borrowing and revenue proposals raise an old question about taxation, consent and accountability.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 039
The pact is now an operating system, not a campaign slogan. Here is what screening, solidarity and accelerated procedures mean in practice.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 040
Minority arithmetic, public debt and resistance to spending restraint have turned each budget into an institutional stress test.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 041
Margins, imports and environmental rules collide in a protest movement that neither Paris nor Brussels can dismiss.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 042
Tax relief can ease pressure, but housing, work and delayed parenthood make Europe’s demographic challenge deeper than one allowance.
· 7 min read · Elin Söderberg
Opinion · European Policy · 043
Diversified gas supplies reduced one strategic risk while leaving manufacturers exposed to a structural cost gap.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 044
Courts, habitats and farm livelihoods have produced a policy bind with no honest zero-cost solution.
· 7 min read · Elin Söderberg
Opinion · European Policy · 045
The law changed legal exposure and parliamentary arithmetic, but the constitutional argument over sovereignty remains.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 046
Warsaw is pairing spending with fortification and procurement. The challenge is converting urgency into durable capability.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 047
Longer sentences and expanded police powers signal resolve, but attribution demands more than a short-term change in violence.
· 7 min read · Elin Söderberg
Opinion · European Policy · 048
A restrictive system built across party lines offers political lessons—and legal and humanitarian cautions.
· 7 min read · Elin Söderberg
Opinion · European Policy · 049
Helsinki’s security case is strong; the continuing test is whether emergency tools remain bounded by law.
· 7 min read · Elin Söderberg
Opinion · European Policy · 050
The coalition argues that adjustment protects the model. Critics see the burden falling too heavily on workers and households.
· 7 min read · Elin Söderberg
Opinion · European Policy · 051
The sovereign fund provides room to manoeuvre, not an answer to disputes over petroleum, power exports and the Progress Party.
· 7 min read · Elin Söderberg
Opinion · European Policy · 052
Faster decisions can create capacity. They can also weaken democratic consent when vital national interests are overridden.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 053
Headline percentages conceal fragmented procurement, thin stockpiles and infrastructure that still cannot move forces quickly.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 054
A workable settlement must value food security and farm incomes while preserving measurable environmental outcomes.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 055
Platform accountability has a democratic rationale. Opaque enforcement and pressure on lawful speech require equal scrutiny.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 056
Families respond to housing, time, security and culture. Cash transfers matter, but they cannot carry the whole policy.
· 7 min read · Elin Söderberg
Opinion · European Policy · 057
Borders, energy, defence and competitive industry matter more than arguments over whether Europe should be a federation.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 058
Synchronising westward turned cables, frequency and reserve power into instruments of political independence.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 059
New reactors promise firm power and industrial depth, but financing and delivery discipline will determine credibility.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 060
Readiness depends on moving equipment across borders, making civilian infrastructure a central security question.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 061
The case for simplification is strongest when measured in hours, permits and capital—not in the number of press releases.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 062
LNG, storage and renewables bought resilience. Expensive power, grid delays and imported technology remain unresolved.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 063
A right-of-centre case for simpler rules, stronger investment and measurable restraint in Brussels.
· 8 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 064
Energy sovereignty needs a portfolio: renewables, grids, storage and firm low-carbon generation.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 065
Europe needs fast decisions, enforceable returns and legal routes — under judicial oversight.
· 8 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 066
Brothers of Italy moved from insurgency to executive power. Its record shows both ideological continuity and the constraints of coalition government.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 067
The Freedom Party's leverage explains why opposition status and political exclusion are not the same thing.
· 6 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 068
PiS, Confederation and the presidency share voters but not a single programme. Constitutional power is the arena that connects them.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 069
Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway show why Europe's populist right cannot be explained as one movement.
· 9 min read · Elin Söderberg
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