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Young, Belgian and Ambitious. Here’s the New President of Europe
25 November 2019
From 1 December, Charles Michel will be able to call himself the President of Europe, as the former Belgian prime minister will then chair the European Council. Michel is the second Belgian to take this top job, following Herman Van Rompuy. Portrait of a political highflyer.
Long Live the Crisis of Democracy?
26 September 2019
Just going by today’s headlines, the end of Western democracy seems imminent. However, is a crisis not the essence of a democracy?
The European Elections in the Low Countries: Mini-Europe
4 June 2019
The European elections in the Low Countries did not provide clear-cut results. The voters were dispersed across multiple different parties, from the Extreme Left to the Extreme Right. The loss of the Christian Democrats and the gains of the Greens were visible in both Belgium and the Netherlands, an
There’s More European Solidarity in the Low Countries Than You Think
23 May 2019
The Netherlands and Belgium are not heading the pack when it comes to European solidarity. But cross-border solidarity is more popular than the political debate suggests. This is the surprising conclusion to come out of a recent study by University of Amsterdam’s Frank Vandenbroucke and six other
Elections in Belgium: A Tale of Two Democracies
22 May 2019
A return of the radical right. A landslide victory for the Greens thanks to the ongoing climate change debate. A predominantly right-wing Flanders versus a left-leaning Wallonia. This could very well be what Belgium’s political landscape looks like this Sunday night. On May 26, Belgians are headin
Thierry Baudet’s Romantic Resistance to the Enlightenment
15 April 2019
Uproar in the Netherlands. Politician Thierry Baudet booked an unforeseen victory in the recent Provincial State Elections in the Netherlands. From nothing, his right-wing conservative Forum for Democracy became the biggest party in the country. Baudet’s conservative ideas fly in the face of the e