The corona crisis weighs on the EU’s neighbourhood policy – in favour of China. Since the 15th March, a state of emergency has been in force in Serbia due to the coronavirus pandemic. ‘The Serbian healthcare system is by no means prepared for this pandemic,‘ said President Aleksandar Vucic in his press conference on the […]
The “going out” policy of the Republic of China has worked for years. Now the Chinese credit boom is about to come to an end. From practically zero to 700 billion euros – that is the incredible increase in loans that Chinese banks have granted abroad between 2000 and today. As the British “Economist” wrote […]
Nowhere is the Union’s neighbourhood policy more mature than in the East, yet expectations are high and successes manageable. Political balancing act The Eastern Partnership was and still is the EU’s attempt to reach a first major milestone in its official neighbourhood policy, which has been in place since 2004. So far, however, this mission […]
The visit of a Russian delegation triggered the recent demonstrations in the country – but there is more at stake. Georgia has been protesting for a while now – but the protests are directed against more than just the speech of a Russian politician in the Georgian parliament. The protests are more about the country’s […]
No matter how the EU elections go in 2019 – Europe needs new ways in its policy design. Translation from German to English: Dominik Kirchdorfer At the moment, many changes are taking place at EU level: the current Austrian Presidency, whose stated aim is to conclude Brexit and a new rigid European migration management system. […]