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Sanctions against Russia, now! – The Weekly 85

Ever since World War II, Europe has not seen anything like the ongoing clash in Ukraine, which has a major significance for the outside world, too.

3/17/2022

EU institutions and the rule of law – comments on the CJEU’s ruling – The Weekly 84

Reaching its verdict this week, the European Court of Justice determined that the rule of law mechanism is compatible with EU law. Justice prevails – one could say, if we didn’t have to wait a year just to state something so obvious or if the European Commission wasn’t playing for time once again.

2/21/2022

Pegasus affair reloaded – the scandal keeps growing – The Weekly 83

Breaking out last summer, the Pegasus-scandal revealed that several countries had been conducting illicit surveillance operations with highly questionable legitimacy, by using an Israeli-developed spyware called Pegasus.

2/21/2022

Farce in Madrid – How the illiberal party family failed to be formed again – The Weekly 82

Travelling to Spain’s capital this time, Europe’s far-right, nationalist and illiberal forces gathered for their umpteenth attempt to form – something.

2/7/2022

Orbán’s Trojan horse in the Commission? – Enlargement Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi’s controversial activity – The Weekly 81

Ever since his appointment, Hungarian Neighbourhood and Enlargement Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi’s work has been surrounded with a certain amount of suspicion, which should come as no surprise considering Várhelyi’s professional record and the circumstances of his nomination.

2/7/2022

The stakes of the French presidency, i.e., can a sovereign community be fragmented? – The Weekly 80

Beginning this month, the French EU presidency features quite a few significant and relevant items on its list of priorities; the most fundamental and strategically important one being the chapter on the agenda for a sovereign Europe, in my opinion.

2/7/2022

The two-speed Europe concept means the end of our continent – The Weekly 79

Ever since the EU’s eastern enlargement in the 2000s, western politicians have repeatedly brought up the idea of a two-speed Europe whenever they were dissatisfied with the functioning of the Union.

2/7/2022

Kazakhstan: returning to the Russian sphere of interest? – The Weekly 78

At present, it’s quite difficult to clearly identify the motives behind the increasingly inflamed protests in Kazakhstan. While news reports talk about a spontaneous unrest caused by the sudden rise of energy prices, President Tokayev and the Kazakh government have issued official statements on a foreign terrorist intervention aimed at destabilizing the Central Asian country.

1/11/2022

East or West?

And then Putin revealed what his goal was: go back to the past and revive the Eastern bloc with the assistance of Orbán and the likes.

12/30/2021

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