Yannick Schimmel, Author at Shaping Europe

Gevangenissen: te vol, te duur, en niet effectief - Shaping Europe

Prisons: too full, too expensive, and ineffective

Posted on 23 January 2025
by Yannick Schimmel

Caught in a political dilemma. It was a striking news item in late 2024: Estonia is considering opening one of its prisons to foreign inmates. Perhaps even, Justice Minister Liisa Pakosta spoke, as a kind of “Airbnb system”. Several countries soon showed interest, such as…

Een remedie voor Europese medicijntekorten - Shaping Europe

Consumer Protection

Finding a remedy for European medicine shortages

Posted on 22 October 2024
by Yannick Schimmel

Open strategic autonomy and crisis resilience in the pharmaceuticals industry. Open strategic autonomy: for some time already, this is the new 'buzzword' in the European Union (EU), after being confronted heavily with a range of existing supply chain vulnerabilities and strategic dependencies. To paraphrase how…

Landenprofiel België: Drie verkiezingen op één dag - Shaping Europe

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Country Profile Belgium: Three Elections in One Day

Posted on 2 May 2024
by Yannick Schimmel

Belgium's willingness to compromise is under pressure in a year full of elections. Ask the average person about their first association with the country of Belgium, and there is a good chance the answer will be chocolate, beer, fries or waffles. Or perhaps the national…

Consumer Protection

The ‘Brussels effect’, and why does my iPhone suddenly have a different charger?

Posted on 14 December 2023
by Yannick Schimmel

Examining the regulatory power of the European Union. Having relied on special lightning ports for more than a decade, the latest generation of iPhones suddenly is equipped with a USB-C charger. Not because Apple executives were so eager for change. Nor because of the American…