The chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan has shown that deficiencies in the European Union’s capacity to act autonomously come at a price. The only way forward is to combine EU forces and strengthen not only its capabilities but also its will to act through a European Defence Union. The idea of a European Defence Force is […]
On 15 September 2021, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, gave the annual State of the Union address to the European Parliament (EP) in Strasbourg, France. With Europe still battling through the pandemic, newer and more pressing concerns about climate change and defence policy made their way to the forefront of […]
The Football Euro Cup is over. And just as quickly as it flew by, the Olympic Games in Tokyo have come to a close. The games were discussed at great lengths in the news and on social media, but the debate usually didn’t revolve around participants’ athletic performances or their prowess. Instead we talk about […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will step down from power in Germany following the next federal election in September 2021. Once described by Forbes as the world’s most powerful woman, Mrs Merkel has led Germany since she was appointed Chancellor in 2005. As she reaches the end of her tenure, many Germans and Europeans are wondering […]
There is a new paradigm for EU International Cooperation: with a geopolitical focus and a new financial instrument, the newly formed EU Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) is interested in bilateral cooperation and joint programming Team Europe programmes. At the end of 2019, when the current European Commission took office, several changes in the […]
This article was written by Beatriz Duarte, and originally published by our partners at Eyes on Europe. https://www.eyes-on-europe.eu/online-political-advertising-and-democracies-friends-or-foes/ About 80% of Europeans are on Facebook, but only 6 in 10 countries worldwide have restrictions in place regarding political advertising. At the European level, the Commission has announced it will produce a law proposal by […]
Bulgaria held its first regular parliamentary elections on April 4th, 2021 after a decade of snap elections. Bulgaria is the EU’s poorest member state riddled by political instability and corruption which has led to years of protests in the country. The most recent slogan of protesters was “EU are you blind?”, highlighting the notion that […]
If you hope this article talks about parallel universes, as proposed by theoretical physics and science fiction, then you will be disappointed. But unfortunately, we are faced with a very real threat from alternate realities. The main difference is that these alternate realities are completely congruent with our own; they just differ in people’s minds. […]
Europe has done more in the first four weeks of the Coronavirus crisis than it did in the first four years after the crash of 2008. The Recovery Plan for Europe, which aims to repair the social and economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, will be the largest stimulus package ever financed through the […]
Some are calling it one of the biggest crises the EU has faced in decades. The European Union’s response to its shortage of vaccines has already damaged post-Brexit relations with the UK, and has warranted criticism from leaders around the world. The vaccine rollout amongst EU countries has been surprisingly slow when compared with other […]