2020 was certainly an eventful year for Europe, with the Green Deal, corona and Brexit. And 2021 will be just as eventful, judging from the interviews conducted by our colleagues with five eminent EU experts: Louis Meuleman (Environmental Implementation Review), Professor Ronnie Belmans (University of Leuven), Pieter Hasekamp (Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, CPB), Ellen Nauta-van Moorsel (Committee of the Regions) and Christiaan Nelisse (Clingendael, think tank on international relations).