Caroline de Gruyter


Caroline de Gruyter is a columnist at Foreign Policy and a Europe correspondent and columnist for the Dutch newspaper NRC. She currently lives in Brussels.

Articles by Caroline de Gruyter
Picture taken on March 3, 1977 in Loviisa, Finland shows Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, then President of Finland, and then Premier of the Soviet Union Alexei Kosygin putting the Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant into operation.
Picture taken on March 3, 1977 in Loviisa, Finland shows Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, then President of Finland, and then Premier of the Soviet Union Alexei Kosygin putting the Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant into operation.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attend a news briefing following the Ukraine-EU summit in Kiev on Oct. 12, 2021.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attend a news briefing following the Ukraine-EU summit in Kiev on Oct. 12, 2021.
The Frontex logo is seen in Warsaw, Poland.
The Frontex logo is seen in Warsaw, Poland.
Olaf Scholz, chancellor candidate of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), attends the annual ARD television summer interview with journalist Tina Hassel near the Reichstag on August 15, 2021 in Berlin.
Olaf Scholz, chancellor candidate of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), attends the annual ARD television summer interview with journalist Tina Hassel near the Reichstag on August 15, 2021 in Berlin.
An elderly woman waves a European Union flag in Poland.
An elderly woman waves a European Union flag in Poland.
Boris Johnson holds up a string of sausages around his neck during a visit to Heck Foods Ltd. headquarters, as part of his Conservative Party leadership campaign tour  on July 4, 2019 near Bedale, United Kingdom.
Boris Johnson holds up a string of sausages around his neck during a visit to Heck Foods Ltd. headquarters, as part of his Conservative Party leadership campaign tour on July 4, 2019 near Bedale, United Kingdom.
A performer on stilts dressed in the colors of the flag of the European Union attends a "March for Europe" gathering to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, which created the precursor to the European Union, on March 25, 2017 in Berlin, Germany.
A performer on stilts dressed in the colors of the flag of the European Union attends a "March for Europe" gathering to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, which created the precursor to the European Union, on March 25, 2017 in Berlin, Germany.
Thierry Breton puts a sticker with the European Union flag on a box containing Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccines in Puurs, Belgium on Feb. 22, 2021.
Thierry Breton puts a sticker with the European Union flag on a box containing Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccines in Puurs, Belgium on Feb. 22, 2021.
Swiss electoral posters demand end of freedom of movement agreement.
Swiss electoral posters demand end of freedom of movement agreement.
Sebastian Kurz and Charles Michel wear face masks.
Sebastian Kurz and Charles Michel wear face masks.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte speaks to the press before leaving the first day of the European Council in Brussels on June 29, 2018.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte speaks to the press before leaving the first day of the European Council in Brussels on June 29, 2018.
A protester wearing a yellow vest, oven mitts and a protective visor with a sign reading "500,000 euros of tableware, that's a lot of masks Brigitte"  faces gendarmes during a demonstration in Paris, on July 14, 2020.
A protester wearing a yellow vest, oven mitts and a protective visor with a sign reading "500,000 euros of tableware, that's a lot of masks Brigitte" faces gendarmes during a demonstration in Paris, on July 14, 2020.
US President Donald Trump listens as Nigel Farage speaks during a Make America Great Again rally at Phoenix Goodyear Airport October 28, 2020, in Goodyear, Arizona.
US President Donald Trump listens as Nigel Farage speaks during a Make America Great Again rally at Phoenix Goodyear Airport October 28, 2020, in Goodyear, Arizona.
A pedestrian walks past anti-Donald Trump street art in Paris on Oct. 31.
A pedestrian walks past anti-Donald Trump street art in Paris on Oct. 31.