Eastern Europe
Is fascism returning to Romania?
A new Romanian radical right party is resurrecting Romania’s interwar fascism
By Roland Clark
22 December 2020
One of the big surprises of the Romanian elections in December...
EU: Compromise with East, anti-social “reforms” for the South
by Klaus Dräger
The deal on the rule of law is very much kept in limbo during the last EU Council. Poland and Hungary achieved...
Soros against Merkel on Hungary and Poland
The Costs of Merkel’s Surrender to Hungarian and Polish Extortion
By George Soros
Dec 10, 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been laboring under enormous pressure...
Αuthoritarian shift in the EU: Poland prepares to ban the CΡ
The Polish Minister of Justice Zbigniew "Zero" Ziobro filed a motion to remove the Polish Communist Party (Komunistyczna Partia Polski) from the official party...
These seven EU countries are shaking up the EU
20 November 2020
The fronts have hardened in the dispute over the rule of law and the EU budget. Brussels is already talking about a...
On nationalism and globalization. The Bulgarian example
Prof. D-r Zahari Zahariev
President of the Slavyani Foundation
The twentieth century will remain in history primarily by two basic events that marked two turns in...
What EU leaders really decided on rule of law
Whether Hungary and Poland can be held to account will depend on how EU summit conclusions are interpreted.
By Daniel Hegedüs
Jul 21, 2020
After four...
“Pro-Russian” Trump boosts US troops in Poland
Taking the PiS… Trump Embraces Poland to Spite Germany and Russia
ByFinian Cunningham
June 26, 2020
President Trump laid out his rationale while hosting his Polish counterpart...
On the failed EU summit
In budget summit, EU leaders live up to low expectations
Big differences remain over crisis recovery plan ahead of mid-July showdown
By David M. Herszenhorn,...
The Origins of European Neoliberalism
The real source of neoliberalism in Europe is neither technocracy nor hegemony but a problem specific to the continent: intergovernmentalism
By Nicholas Mulder
On December 18,...