About: Isabelle Durant

Financing a ‘global new deal’: How to collect a trillion dollars

One trillion dollars. This “global stimulus” could change the world if a 5% tax hike is imposed on the “top decile” – the 10% richest segment of the population, a report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is proposing.

Durant: The hybrid game of engaging EU citizens

Selecting top candidates for Commission president is a ‘hybrid’ game that will not deliver any result as long as there are no transnational lists. The exercise will not galvanise the attention of EU citizens, said European Parliament Vice-president Isabelle Durant in an interview with EURACTIV.

The intergovernmental drift has weakened the EU, says Parliament’s VP

The Lisbon Treaty paradox, under which more power was given to the European Parliament, but EU leaders have gained in prominence, has undermined Europe and paved the way for growing Euroscepticism, said European Parliament Vice-president,  Isabelle Durant, in an exclusive interview with EURACTIV.

New EU airport noise rules infuriate Belgian Greens

New European Union rules aimed at regulating airport noise could have far-reaching political consequences for Belgium's general elections, in May.