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SOTEU 2023: The Celebration of Ineptness

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has delivered her speech detailing results and aspirations on the European level, or, for short, the State...

Christopher Tapp
Oct 2, 2023 1 min read

Orbanism on the rise? – Should Europe be afraid…

Late September early elections are coming in Slovakia. A few weeks before voters go to the polling stations former PM Robert Fico’s Smer party...

Ana Richter
Sep 17, 2023 2 min read

Would Europe really benefit from the abolition of unanimity?

Qualified majority voting eventually might not be the best idea in a time when far-right parties see a growing chance to get into power...

Ana Richter
Jul 21, 2023 2 min read

Five things to watch in the upcoming Polish elections

The Polish general elections are maybe months away, but the knives are already all out. Not a complete surprise, given the high stakes. Three...

Marta Loeb
Jul 15, 2023 3 min read

Warning signs from Kosovo

The end of May saw a few tense days in Kosovo. Kosovo’s prime minister has blamed violence on “fascist mobs” controlled by Serbia (it...

Christopher Tapp
Jul 7, 2023 2 min read

The European Parliament needs a rule of law lesson,…

For the last few weeks, MEPs and foreign ministers have repeatedly expressed their “discomfort” at the looming Hungarian and Polish EU presidencies. As Hungary’s...

Marta Loeb
Jun 8, 2023 3 min read

A solution for Ukraine’s grain exports … for now

For more than a year, Ukraine enjoyed the unwavering support of the EU, as a whole. For many months, its European allies delivered weapons,...

Marta Loeb
May 31, 2023 3 min read

Yuan vs Dollar 0.5 : 0

For a while, China has been trying to challenge the global dominance of the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency, a position it...

Christopher Tapp
May 17, 2023 2 min read

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