by C4EP | Mar 15, 2018 | Blog
What Is It Good For, Absolutely Nothing On EU – US Trade War & Relations We often see how time flies by reflecting on old movies. A particular one I had in mind was Rush Hour, which was released exactly 20 years ago. It is a typical...
by C4EP | Mar 9, 2018 | Blog
Be awesome! International Women’s Day in Brussels and beyond Having grown up in a post-Communist country, I got used to quite early to survive embarrassing International Women’s Day scenes. My personal favorite was a song that the boys’ choir had to sing...
by C4EP | Mar 9, 2018 | Blog
Italy’s election results We won! What did we win? Fear and loathing in Brussels. On March the 4th, the Italian people voted to elect their new representative for the national parliament. The clear winners of this electoral turn are the anti-establishment Five...
by C4EP | Mar 9, 2018 | Blog
Career Opportunities, The Ones That Never Knock Brexit & Working Restrictions Many years ago, Alanis Morissette had a huge hit called Ironic. It is one of those trademark 1990s songs that regularly occur when VH1 or MTV have their flashbacks....
by C4EP | Mar 2, 2018 | Blog
It’s the corruption, stupid! The EU’s role is more important than ever Source of the photo: Politico The Russian political activist Alexei Navalny has published a hilarious video a couple of weeks ago, saying how they accidentally discovered an...
by C4EP | Mar 2, 2018 | Blog
Dieselgate 2: Electric Boogaloo? A new ruling in Germany could be the tombstone on the diesel engine If you own a diesel car, it has not been a great couple of years. Since the so-called “dieselgate” hitting Volkswagen in 2015, it has been a non-stop worsening of the...
by C4EP | Mar 2, 2018 | Blog
Come As You Are Transparency lessons with Barroso and Selmayr I usually complain about the TV programme on our national TV. Numerous reruns, old and outdated movies, accompanied by a poor informative programme, do not attract my attention very often....
by C4EP | Feb 23, 2018 | Blog
Coffee is cold Prepare for marathon budgetary negotiations “Coffee is cold, but it will get you through. Compromise, that’s nothing new to you”, sings my all-time-hero Bono. I wonder how many of the European leaders know the lyrics of the U2 so...
by C4EP | Feb 23, 2018 | Blog
Where do I sit? The new European Central Bank Vice-president sets in motion the chair game Monday saw the election of Luis de Guindos, current Minister of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain, as Vice-president of the European Central Bank. For the first time,...
by C4EP | Feb 22, 2018 | Blog
And the world seems to disappear What’s up with David Cameron? Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair once referred to the UK Conservative party as a party of fox hunters. This stereotypical view of the UK Tories was aiming to denounce the main...
