Victor Broers

Victor is a European thinker and the initiator of the Navona Network - an informal group of public leaders, diplomats, entrepreneurs and intellectuals who join forces in transforming Europe from an economic community into a European community of wellbeing. He’s currently developing Manifest Europe - a positive future narrative.

Knowing the nation: data and the need for vision

"Give me control of a nation's money supply, and I care not who makes its laws", Mayer Amschel Rothschild, the patriarch of the powerful French-British banking dynasty allegedly once said. In the Rothschild era those who controlled the…

A reassuring election result, the Dutch way

The Dutch have spoken. Even before the official election results are announced, one can conclude that Mark Rutte, with his liberal right VVD-party, has won by a landslide. It was an unexpected victory that caused great relief, not only in…

Globalization: change of a leading narrative

In January, the world was confronted with a landmark moment in modern history: the newly sworn-in President of the United States Donald J. Trump pulled the country out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a 12-country Pacific trade…

The post-referendum era: time to look forward

What will Britain look like, now that it has decided to leave the European Union? And what are its opportunities in a post Brexit-era, with an unstable Europe and a destabilizing geopolitical context? Although it has not yet been decided…

A declining euro-dollar rate: food for debate

Since May 2014, the euro-collar exchange rate has seen a significant decline. This may seem remarkable, especially compared to the two-year period before, when the value of the euro steadily rose from approximately $1.20 to almost $1.40.…

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