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  • Olivegate and pint attack…

    - by Gregor Kreuzhuber

    Phew. What a relief.

    Our olive oil is safe.

    After a devastating media storm and a field day for all Eurosceptics the Commission finally announced it will not after all ban refillable jugs and bowls of olive oil from our lunch...

  • Let's dare more democracy

    - by Fabian Ladda

    In his first speech before the Bundestag as Chancellor, Willy Brandt (1969-1974) ended with his famous words "Let's dare more democracy” (“Mehr Demokratie wagen”). I think that audacity is a character trait that most public affairs professionals are lacking. This explains why...

  • France and the EU: one year into Hollande’s Presidency

    - by Agnès Leroux

     

    One year into François Hollande’s Presidency, with the French media focusing on promises kept and broken at home, it’s time for a first appraisal of his track-record on Europe and France’s position in the EU....

  • A toast to EU-US free trade … with Californian Champagne

    - by Laurent Donceel

    When the US Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies decided that Californian "Korbel Natural Russian River Valley Champagne" should be served at President Obama’s inauguration party, little did they know the diplomatic incident this would cause. The French were not amused....

  • Europe in 2016

    - by Peter Guilford

    It is a frosty February morning in Brussels, though less icy than those two winters back in 2011 and 2012 which froze the lakes and brought the “capital of Europe” temporarily to its knees.  The weather is matched by lingering pessimism over the world economy.  The eurozone...

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