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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.

Europe’s regional question

Victor Broers
Will Freddy Heineken be proven right after all? Will Europe function better, both politically and economically, if divided into smaller, autonomous regions? In 1992, the Dutch beer magnate published a book called The United States of Europe…

A reassuring election result, the Dutch way

Victor Broers
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

Victor Broers
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

Victor Broers
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…
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