Demographic Jigsaw: Puzzling Out a Resilient EU
In December 2019, for the first time, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen assigned a portfolio containing demography as a policy area to Vice-President Dubravka Suica. […]
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A Pact: So What?
In the early hours of 20 December, after a marathon of several days, negotiators from the Council, represented by the Spanish Presidency, and the European Parliament, supported by the Commission, […]
Looking towards the North: Belgium’s Role in the Arctic
The Arctic region has re-emerged as an area of geostrategic importance and is attracting increasing attention from Belgium. Accelerating climate change has altered living conditions in the region. The prospect […]
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Time and again, Europe experiences how China uses its Economic Power for Geopolitical Purposes
In Dubai, Europe proudly presented itself as the leading ambassador of the climate. Its objectives are globally among the most decisive and ambitious. Europe’s performance at the COP28, however, conceals […]
Charting a Green and Competitive Future for Europe
The Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations, with support of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in collaboration with the Representation of the European Commission in Belgium, has organised […]
Gulliver Unchained? Europe’s Changing Relations with Oil and Gas Producers
The European Commission once compared the EU, an economic giant dependent on multiple energy suppliers, to “Gulliver in chains.” One of the great promises of the European Green Deal, aside […]