Enfants belges en Syrie: l’inacceptable « choix de Sophie »
« En août 2020, environ 60 enfants liés à la Belgique seraient encore détenus dans les camps kurdes, dans le nord de la Syrie, dans des conditions extrêmement difficiles. Les […]
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The EU’s strategic compass and its four baskets
The “Strategic Compass” is one of the most discussed initiatives related to EU security and defense during Germany’s ongoing Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second […]
Can corona cure our superiority complex?
A superiority complex is hard to cure. Nobody in Europe is longing for a return to empire (well, nobody in continental Europe, at least). Most Americans still pretend they never […]
The EU directive on fair minimum wages: ‘what is not broken, will not be fixed’
An EU action on minimum wage has been part of the EU public debate since the emergence of the European social dialogue in the mid-1980s. Any initiative in the field […]
Act as if it does not matter who wins
Of course it does matter very much. The proof is that although the title does not say so, every reader knows that this will be a piece about the US […]
From bad to worse: The fate of European foreign fighters and families detained in Syria, one year after the Turkish offensive
Hundreds of European “foreign fighters” are still being held by Kurdish authorities, in Syria. Their fate remains uncertain, as European governments are unwilling to repatriate their citizens. Meanwhile, security and […]