{"id":459,"date":"2025-10-02T03:46:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/keijzer-niels\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:46:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:46:16","slug":"keijzer-niels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/keijzer-niels\/","title":{"rendered":"Keijzer Niels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"middle content\">\n<div class=\"column left\" id=\"columnleft\">\n<section class=\"block article author\">\n<div class=\"headline\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNiels Keijzer<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-content\">\n<div class=\"about-author\">\n<div class=\"img border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/authors\/keijzer-niels\/156797-2-eng-gb\/keijzer-niels_author.jpg\" alt=\"Keijzer Niels\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOrganisation:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGerman Development Institute \/ Deutsches Institut f\u00fcr Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWebsite:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.die-gdi.de\/niels-keijzer\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.die-gdi.de\/niels-keijzer\/<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Niels Keijzer is a researcher at the German Development Institute \/ Deutsches Institut f\u00fcr Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) in the Department of Bi- and Multilateral Development Cooperation. His research interests include capacity development support in the context of the wider aid and development effectiveness agenda, the European Union and the contribution of non-aid policies to development.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"content column wide left author content view\" id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"fader\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n\t<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style\" addthis:title=\"Keijzer Niels\">\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_twitter\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a 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src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/global-development-blog\/tax-free-poverty-reduction\/756216-1-eng-gb\/tax-free-poverty-reduction_column.jpg\" alt=\"Tax-free poverty reduction?\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-development-blog\/tax-free-poverty-reduction\/\">Tax-free poverty reduction?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/keijzer-niels\/\">Niels Keijzer<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/mahn-timo\/\">Timo Mahn<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t18 April 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tGlobal efforts to counter tax avoidance by multinational companies call for a rethink of policies on the taxation of aid workers and development projects.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-development-blog\/tax-free-poverty-reduction\/\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/europe-s-international-role\/article-by-otto-holman-europe-s-moment-of-truth\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Article by Otto Holman: &quot;Europe's moment of truth&quot;\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/europe-s-international-role\/article-by-otto-holman-europe-s-moment-of-truth\/\">Article by Otto Holman: &quot;Europe&#8217;s moment of truth&quot;<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/keijzer-niels\/\">Niels Keijzer<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t15 December 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThose of you who are subscribed to the Broker magazine will have already come across it, but this brief post is to highlight an article in the most recent edition by&nbsp;Otto Holman, reader in international relations and European integration stud&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/europe-s-international-role\/article-by-otto-holman-europe-s-moment-of-truth\/\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/europe-s-international-role\/new-commissioners-and-ominous-footnotes\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"New Commissioners and ominous footnotes\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/europe-s-international-role\/new-commissioners-and-ominous-footnotes\/\">New Commissioners and ominous footnotes<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/keijzer-niels\/\">Niels Keijzer<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t29 November 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tLast Friday, European Commission President Barosso presented his proposed 27-strong team and the policy portfolios for each of them. Reactions in the press on the proposed team of Commissioners are on average &#8216;tentatively positive&#8217; of the mix of e&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/europe-s-international-role\/new-commissioners-and-ominous-footnotes\/\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/europe-s-international-role\/the-european-external-action-service-the-29th-eu-donor\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"The European External Action Service: the 29th EU donor?\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/europe-s-international-role\/the-european-external-action-service-the-29th-eu-donor\/\">The European External Action Service: the 29th EU donor?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/keijzer-niels\/\">Niels Keijzer<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t18 November 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tWhile the longest dinner in EU history is soon to start, some of you may like to easy the waiting by taking account of important decisions made by the EU this week on policy coherence and more contours of the &#8216;job description&#8217; for the High Represe&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/europe-s-international-role\/the-european-external-action-service-the-29th-eu-donor\/\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/europe-s-international-role\/the-end-of-the-beginning\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"The End of the Beginning?\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/europe-s-international-role\/the-end-of-the-beginning\/\">The End of the Beginning?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/keijzer-niels\/\">Niels Keijzer<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t04 November 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\t&nbsp;Those of you who missed the Czech Constitutional Court&#8217;s ruling and the subsequent signing of the Treaty by Vaclav Klaus on were likely staying on an uninhabited island. The addition of the final signature last Tuesday at 15.00 PM Central Eu&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/europe-s-international-role\/the-end-of-the-beginning\/\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/europe-s-international-role\/collecting-signatures\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/europe-s-international-role\/collecting-signatures\/24327-1-eng-gb\/collecting-signatures_column.png\" alt=\"Collecting signatures\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/europe-s-international-role\/collecting-signatures\/\">Collecting signatures<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/keijzer-niels\/\">Niels Keijzer<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t15 October 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe last two weeks saw the majority of Irish citizens voting in support of their country\u2019s ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, as well as the Polish President providing his signature after his first pen mysteriously failed to produce ink.Now all ey&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/europe-s-international-role\/collecting-signatures\/\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/europe-s-international-role\/ratifying-lisbon-what-could-it-mean-for-the-field\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Ratifying Lisbon: what could it mean for 'the field'?\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/europe-s-international-role\/ratifying-lisbon-what-could-it-mean-for-the-field\/\">Ratifying Lisbon: what could it mean for &#8216;the field&#8217;?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-seters-jeske\/\">Jeske van Seters <\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/keijzer-niels\/\">Niels Keijzer<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t30 September 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tAs is normal to any prospective analysis, considering the future role of Europe in the world is accompanied by a large degree of both possibilities and uncertainty. 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