France and Eastern Europe: Does Macron have a plan?
December 13, 2017 - Cyrille Bret and Florent Parmentier
December 13, 2017 - Cyrille Bret and Florent Parmentier
December 7, 2017 - Bartek Tesławski
December 1, 2017 - Małgosia Krakowska
November 27, 2017 - Giovanni Pigni
November 23, 2017 - Balázs Jarábik and Dovilė Šukytė
November 15, 2017 - Maryna Rabinovych
November 7, 2017 - Zselyke Csaky and Gergely Romsics
October 31, 2017 - Iwona Reichardt
What did the Czechs give Europe? It would be much easier to answer this question if we knew what Europe is. If we think of it as the European Union, then the Czechs might be seen, for instance in Timothy Snyder’s view, as simply one of “ancient Habsburg peoples who abandoned great national projects of the 19th century in order to embrace the European idea of the 21st century”. Similar to other countries in the region, the Czech Republic, is a country too small to be able to conceive the notion of a sovereign existence; too poor in resources and educated elite to be able to survive in the times of globalisation; they aim for unification [since today] the indication of national success is not an independent state but EU membership, Snyder wrote in 2008.
October 31, 2017 - Aleksander Kaczorowski
The Ukraine-EU summit, which took place on July 12th, brought Ukrainians back to a reality that they did not want to admit. EU leaders refused to include the words from the preamble of the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement that “the European Union acknowledges the European aspirations of Ukraine and welcomes its European choice” in the joint statement, which is why it was not adopted at all. According to the DW source, the Netherlands firmly opposed such wording, while being indirectly supported by Germany and France.
August 9, 2017 - Nagornyak Ivan
Poland’s right-wing government suffered its most high profile defeat to date when it failed to prevent the re-appointment of Donald Tusk, whom it accused of interfering in Polish domestic politics, as European Council president, raising concerns that the country was becoming isolated on the European Union’s periphery. Opinion polls show a slump in the ruling party’s lead and boost for the main opposition grouping but it is unclear whether this is a political turning point or short-term blip.
April 7, 2017 - Aleks Szczerbiak
On March 9th, Donald Tusk was re-elected as the President of the European Council for the second time despite the opposition of his home country, Poland. His candidacy and eventual reappointment for a second term has been challenged by the Polish government led by Prime Minister Beata Szydło. He will hold the position until the end of 2019.
March 21, 2017 - Antonio Scancariello