by Andreas Takis
2015 is a hallmark year for migration to the EU. It is the year when the impasses of European migration policy manifested themselves in an explosive fashion. The massive influx of Syrian refugees…
by David Held and Kyle McNally
In the short term, Europe can only survive as a way of solving common problems, worth having insofar as the EU stabilises crises and protects the economic wellbeing…
by Roland Freudenstein
What we are going through now … will change our country. - Angela Merkel
We don’t want to change! - Viktor Orban
Just like previous crises, the one about the refugees has highlighted…
DISCLAIMER : all opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe
by Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
If Deniz Zeyrek, a famous leftist journalist in Turkey, was to say, “The state of Israel…
DISCLAIMER : all opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe
by Diana Alghoul
Last week, Israel announced that it is going to fine Egypt $1.7 billion for rescinding a…
by Vincenzo Scarpetta
The Spanish general election delivered a messier outcome than expected. With no obvious government in sight, Open Europe’s Vincenzo Scarpetta discusses some possible scenarios. He argues that Spain can, at best, hope for…
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by Iyad Al-Dalimi
The ruling elite in Baghdad has suddenly realised that they are ruling a country called Iraq…
by Sven Biscop
‘The Germans never make a small mistake, because they are cautioned against all small mistakes in their manuals, without reference to which they seldom do anything whatever. But they can always be relied…
by Vincenzo Scarpetta
Spaniards will head to the polls on Sunday in what is easily the most unpredictable Spanish general election in decades. Open Europe’s Vincenzo Scarpetta previews this unprecedented four-way race, looking at the…
by O. Krumme Garcia
A bit more than two weeks ago, the German Parliament has approved, by a big majority, to deploy army troops and fighter jets for reconnaissance flights to Syria, to fight alongside…