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Geopolitics

How Georgia’s European Dream Turned Into a Nightmare

This is a long reportage about Georgia and its deeply concerning situation, it mixes personal memories with interviews of political leaders. You can read it in chapters, or just skip to the one you’re interested in. 1. Georgia on my mind I visited Georgia for the first time in 2016, in a [...]

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Interview

Born to run (and return) – a conversation with Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Pt. II

In the previous part of the interview, we followed Toomas Hendrik Ilves from his youth in the US to his work as a journalist in Munich, until he [...]

Interview

A Lynx Off the Map - a conversation with Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Pt. I

In Europe, few people have had as much impact on tech governance and the integration of the Baltic countries as Toomas Hendrik Ilves, professor [...]

Interview

Pour faire le portrait de la MEP Loiseau

Continuing my quest for ”cool people of the European Parliament”, I present you Nathalie Loiseau, former diplomat, former director of ENA [...]

Interview

The Diplomacy of the (Olympic) Javelins - a conversation with Baiba Braže

It is quite rare to find ministers among the politicians who share my memes on social media; Baiba Braže, incumbent Latvian minister of foreign [...]

Interview

Kallas of Duty - a conversation with the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs

Kaja Kallas has been high on my list of cool people to meet for a couple of years. Not only did she inspire lots of memes, but she also [...]

Interview

Of Dinosaurs, Stars and Radio Receivers, a conversation with Andrius Kubilius

Defence and Space are very hot topics these days; at EU level they are energetically managed by Andrius Kubilius, a sixty-eight years old [...]

Research

The nitrogen reVolt, decarbonizing ammonia production in the EU

At DG MEME we keep hearing that the EU does not invest in research and that we lose our best minds to other continents. So I decided to go out [...]

Memes

The EU Atomic Bomb

Have you ever had that feeling of living in a continent that is not entirely ruled by insane people? Cool, then you’re probably in Europe, in Australia or in Antarctica. In a world full of mad autocrats it is only

Geopolitics

Elections on thin ice - a Journey to Greenland, the Outpost of Democracy

I started reading about Greenland after it made the headlines a few months ago, and I found it very fascinating: it is one of the biggest [...]

Interview

From Rags to Fishes - A conversation with Virginijus Sinkevičius

In my continuous effort to maintain a certain inter-institutional balance, I had the pleasure to interview the former (and youngest) European [...]

Interview

The Rīga’s mayor who brewed change: a coffee with Mārtiņš Staķis

It is the first time I venture out of my Commission comfort zone, interviewing a truly elected politician from the European Parliament. In these [...]

Interview

Inside Kafka’s Castle: a conversation with Martin Dvořák, Czech Minister of EU Affairs

At Colours of Ostrava , one of Czechia’s biggest culture and music festivals, I had the pleasure to meet and interview Martin Dvořák, the Czech [...]