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Migration policy – Europe has learnt its lesson – The Weekly 77

Migration policy – Europe has learnt its lesson – The Weekly 77

Although the European Union is often rightfully criticized for being cumbersome and lagging behind international events, I think it’s important to take note of the achievements, too.

12/30/2021

A letter to Ms Jourová concerning the European Newsroom project

A letter to Ms Jourová concerning the European Newsroom project

I have read your remarks addressed to the European News Media Forum with great pleasure and interest.

12/13/2021

Follow the traffic lights – New government in Germany – The Weekly 76

Follow the traffic lights – New government in Germany – The Weekly 76

The race of Germany’s political parties showed quite a few twists and turns over the months before the election. Angela Merkel’s succession proved to be too much of a challenge for the Union parties, while the Greens’ growing popularity, albeit for a brief period, appeared to be enough for them to win the election.

12/13/2021

Ethiopia – another crisis we have to face – The Weekly 75

Ethiopia – another crisis we have to face – The Weekly 75

Little more than a year ago, the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) hosted a meeting with Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize winner premier Abiy Ali. Back then it seemed that the extremely poor but quickly developing African country’s greatest international challenge would be to manage the huge Nile dam project fiercely opposed by Sudan and Egypt. We couldn’t have been more mistaken.

12/6/2021

János Stummer's Open Letter to the President of the European Parliament

János Stummer's Open Letter to the President of the European Parliament

I am contacting you in connection with your fact-finding delegation’s visit to Hungary between 29 September and 1 October 2021 in order to assess the freedom of the press and the scientific community as well as the respect for minority rights and the rule of law in Hungary.

11/30/2021

Glasgow COP26 climate conference: success or failure? – The Weekly 74

Glasgow COP26 climate conference: success or failure? – The Weekly 74

If you have an insight into the EU’s political processes, you are probably familiar with the time- and energy-intensive practice always applied by the 27-member community to eventually arrive at a final decision or just a joint statement on even the simplest of questions.

11/30/2021

Péter Jakab’s open letter to the President of the European Commission

Péter Jakab’s open letter to the President of the European Commission

The year 2022 will bring perhaps the most important election for Hungary’s young democracy since 1989. The stakes are extremely high. We are at a crossroads where our homeland may remain a reliable member of the European Union as a pluralistic democracy or permanently sink into a corruption-ridden autocratic system with a vested interest in sabotaging the European Union.

11/24/2021

The West’s Afghanistan dilemma – The Weekly 73

The West’s Afghanistan dilemma – The Weekly 73

Early autumn, the whole western world was shocked by the consequences of the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan as well as the Taliban’s extremely fast offensive and takeover. However, history goes on; we don’t have much time to contemplate how we should relate to the new Kabul leadership, unless we want to make the same mistake again and cause an even bigger disaster by our indecision.

11/21/2021

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