Of course former colonial powers are always more present and influential. They're the ones who need to defend the EU's values on the frontlines.

- Alvaro De Vasconcelos

Tunisia is extremely dependent on economic conditions in Europe, which is why it also experienced shockwaves from the euro crisis.

- Alvaro De Vasconcelos

The underlying reason for this is the Europeans' fear that Islamists could gain power. Many still consider authoritarian Arab regimes to be the lesse…

- Alvaro De Vasconcelos

Political Islam is not a homogeneous bloc.

- Alvaro De Vasconcelos

It's wrong to focus only on economic cooperation and then to hope that a sufficiently stable system will become democratic more or less by itself. Th…

- Alvaro De Vasconcelos

When it comes to France, it seems to me the fundamental question is how a former colonial power should interact with its former colony.

- Alvaro De Vasconcelos