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Analysis · European Policy · 01
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 · 02
A durable integration settlement needs measurable expectations alongside access to education and employment.
· 5 min read · Elin Söderberg
Analysis · European Policy · 03
Denmark shows how restrictive migration positions can become a cross-party governing consensus.
· 5 min read · Elin Söderberg
Analysis · European Policy · 04
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 · 05
External processing promises speed, but courts, costs and European law determine whether the model can operate.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 06
The north–south fiscal divide sits behind a constitutional argument over devolved powers.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 07
Frontline enforcement, humanitarian obligations and local capacity meet most visibly in the Aegean.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 08
Investor-citizenship schemes turn a national competence into a union-wide security and trust question.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 09
The island’s Green Line combines an unresolved conflict with asylum pressure and EU legal complexity.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 010
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 · 011
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 · 012
Membership moved a national frontier into the core of Europe’s passport-free area.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 013
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 · 014
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 · 015
Russian-language education and media policy are shaped by both national cohesion and individual rights.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 016
State-organised migration pressure creates a genuine security challenge without suspending refugee protections.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 017
An asylum system loses credibility when final decisions are slow, inconsistent or rarely implemented.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 018
National procurement protects domestic interests but multiplies systems, costs and logistical complexity.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 019
New common rules address spyware, ownership and editorial independence while raising competence questions.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 020
Ageing changes the fiscal mathematics of pensions, care, housing and labour supply.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 021
The Mercosur debate asks whether market access can coexist with credible environmental and food standards.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 022
Generation targets are outrunning grids, storage and cross-border capacity in parts of the continent.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 023
The Western Balkans bring security urgency, but accession still requires durable institutional convergence.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 024
Common standards lose authority when governments believe enforcement depends on political alignment.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 025
The carbon border mechanism seeks fair competition while manufacturers face high energy and compliance costs.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 026
New common borrowing and revenue proposals raise an old question about taxation, consent and accountability.
· 5 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 027
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 · 028
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 · 029
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 · 030
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 · 031
Diversified gas supplies reduced one strategic risk while leaving manufacturers exposed to a structural cost gap.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 032
Courts, habitats and farm livelihoods have produced a policy bind with no honest zero-cost solution.
· 7 min read · Elin Söderberg
Opinion · European Policy · 033
The law changed legal exposure and parliamentary arithmetic, but the constitutional argument over sovereignty remains.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 034
Warsaw is pairing spending with fortification and procurement. The challenge is converting urgency into durable capability.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 035
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 · 036
A restrictive system built across party lines offers political lessons—and legal and humanitarian cautions.
· 7 min read · Elin Söderberg
Opinion · European Policy · 037
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 · 038
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 · 039
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 · 040
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 · 041
Headline percentages conceal fragmented procurement, thin stockpiles and infrastructure that still cannot move forces quickly.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 042
A workable settlement must value food security and farm incomes while preserving measurable environmental outcomes.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 043
Platform accountability has a democratic rationale. Opaque enforcement and pressure on lawful speech require equal scrutiny.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 044
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 · 045
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 · 046
Synchronising westward turned cables, frequency and reserve power into instruments of political independence.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 047
New reactors promise firm power and industrial depth, but financing and delivery discipline will determine credibility.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 048
Readiness depends on moving equipment across borders, making civilian infrastructure a central security question.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 049
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 · 050
LNG, storage and renewables bought resilience. Expensive power, grid delays and imported technology remain unresolved.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Opinion · European Policy · 051
A right-of-centre case for simpler rules, stronger investment and measurable restraint in Brussels.
· 8 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 052
Energy sovereignty needs a portfolio: renewables, grids, storage and firm low-carbon generation.
· 7 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 053
Europe needs fast decisions, enforceable returns and legal routes — under judicial oversight.
· 8 min read · Matteo Vermeer
Analysis · European Policy · 054
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 · 055
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 · 056
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 · 057
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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