Senior sustainability and electoral expert - former Member of the European Parliament

I work with business and civil society for a green, just transition. President of EU Alliance to save Energy and EU Centre for electoral support.

Insights and Opinions

REGULARISATION CAN WORK, FORTRESS EUROPE CAN'T
REGULARISATION CAN WORK, FORTRESS EUROPE CAN'T

On 30 June, Spain closed the window for the extraordinary regularisation championed by the Sánchez government...

Ceuta, an improper weapon of the international MAGA
Ceuta, an improper weapon of the international MAGA

It is still unclear how much orchestration lay behind what happened at Ceuta, but something deliberate does appear...

ETS and Electrification: Brussels' Double Move
ETS and Electrification: Brussels' Double Move

On 17 July, Commission Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera, alongside Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra and...

On the ETS Review: A Response to the Joint Declaration by Confindustria, BDI and MEDEF
On the ETS Review: A Response to the Joint Declaration by Confindustria, BDI and MEDEF

The joint declaration issued by Confindustria, BDI and MEDEF on 6 July, carried by the Financial Times and addressed...

NATO SUMMIT IN ANKARA:  a Party for Erdoğan's Admirers, a Drama for Those Who Suffer Him
NATO SUMMIT IN ANKARA: a Party for Erdoğan's Admirers, a Drama for Those Who Suffer Him

At the NATO summit in Ankara (7–8 July 2026), Erdoğan gave every allied leader a Sarsilmaz revolver engraved...

TOCQUEVILLE, DEMOCRACY AND US!
TOCQUEVILLE, DEMOCRACY AND US!

For eight years now, the Château de Tocqueville has hosted the Conversations Tocqueville — two days of...



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