by Sijbren de Jong , Karlijn Jans , Willem Oosterveld
With its recent intervention in Syria, many claim that Russia scored yet another geopolitical coup. With the war in Ukraine stalling and Crimea firmly in…
by Pieter Cleppe
Denmark will this week hold a referendum on whether to replace its full opt-out from EU justice and home affairs cooperation with a UK-style 'opt-in' model. Open Europe's Pieter Cleppe looks at…
by Robert Heslop
The EU has signed a historic deal with Turkey. In exchange for 3 billion Euros of financial aid, visa free travel for Turkish citizens in the EU and the presumption of EU…
by O. Krumme Garcia
Having witnessed a week of terrorism, the calls for security in Europe rise high once again. In the middle of the biggest refugee crisis since the end of World War 2,…
by Judy Dempsey
Europe has to choose. The murder of 129 people during six separate terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13 is forcing governments across Europe to consider how to deal with the so-called Islamic…
by Nina Schick
The German Interior Minister, Thomas de Maizière is centre-stage in a domestic political storm on the status of Syrian nationals in the on-going refugee crisis. Nina Schick argues that he’s the fall-guy as…
by Soumaya Ghannoushi
Sunni Islam is in turmoil. Over the last two decades, it has been in the grip of ferment and fragmentation unprecedented in its long history. After the wave of radicalisation that had swept…
by Pawel Swidlicki
Polish voters have voted for sweeping change with Law and Justice winning today's elections by a wide margin. Open Europe's Pawel Swidlicki looks at what comes next for Poland and the EU, and…
by Yves Pascouau
The October European Council meeting took place after an unprecedented sequence of actions, with the Luxembourgish Presidency, the European Commission and the Council adopting and proposing a series of legislative and operational measures…
by Roland Freudenstein
Now that the wrangling about quotas for refugees among the member states of the Union is over (for the time being), and Europe is more focused on regaining control of our external borders,…