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The Western Sahara Case : Montesquieu is the one who is murdered!

February 26, 2018

Guest post by Jean-Jacques Neuer, Lawyer-Solicitor On 27 February, the European Court of Justice – ECJ – is about to pronounce a judgement invalidating all agreements made by the European Union with China because of the latter’s presence in Tibet, with Russia as it has annexed Crimea and with the United States, which does not… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, Competition, Economy & Euro, EurActiv.com, Euro & Finance, Europe's East, Future EU, Global Europe

Europas zentrale rolle für den erfolg der reformen in Moldau

January 22, 2018

Gastbeitrag von Vlad Plahotniuc, Vorsitzender der Demokratischen Partei Moldaus. Es gibt Zeiten, in denen sich jedes Land einmal an einem Scheideweg befindet: etwa wenn es vor der Aufgabe steht, wandelnden Ansprüchen und Möglichkeiten gerecht zu werden, wichtige strukturelle Herausforderungen zu bewältigen oder zentrale gesellschaftliche Werte neu zu definieren. Besonders in der heutigen Zeit, in der… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, Europe's East, Global Europe, Regional Policy

Brussels triggers Article 7 against Poland: a new hope for the judicial freedom of expression?

January 8, 2018

Guest post by Doriane de Lestrange, lawyer focusing on EU Regulatory law   On last 20 December, the European Commission made the crucial decision to trigger Article 7 of the Lisbon Treaty against Poland. This article, which has never been used before, allows the European commissioners to deprive Warsaw from its voting rights as it… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, democracy, EU Treaty & Institutions, Europe's East, Polish

How Can Central and Eastern Europe Avoid the Middle-Income Trap?

December 4, 2017

There’s a dark side to otherwise welcome news that growth in central and Eastern Europe picked up significantly in the third quarter, helping to drive robust growth of 2.5% year-on-year in the EU’s economy. As growing wages and lower taxes spurred consumer spending, third-quarter expansion in the EU’s eastern member states beat both EU averages… » read more

  Posted by The Euro Economy

blogactiv, English, Europe's East, Innovation & Enterprise

The Myth of ‘Good’ Civic and ‘Bad’ Ethnic Politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Response to Mujanovic’s Fantasies

November 13, 2017

Guest post by Ivan Pepic, political blogger at Ve?ernji list Jasmin Mujanovic’s article Russia’s Bosnia Gambit: Intrigue in the Balkans appeared on September 6th 2017 on the Foreign Affairs website. It contains numerous web links, probably supposed to serve as references that confirm his “hypotheses.” However, Mujanovic’s references are extremely biased, and his attempt to… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, Europe's East

Looking for the cause of Czech euroscepticism? Go back to school

November 6, 2017

The Czechs have elected their new House of Deputies. One party arose from that election as the clear, undisputed victor: ANO, a self-declared pro-European party, member of ALDE—European Liberal Democrats led by the well-known federalist, Guy Verhofstadt. The self-declaration of being pro-European is crucial, since the movement, although a supporter of Czech Republic’s staying in… » read more

  Posted by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy

blogactiv, EurActiv.com, Euro & Finance, Europe's East, Social Europe & Jobs

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The EU’s rule of law crisis

October 27, 2017

Guest post by Arlind Puka, Administrative Assistant The refusal of Hungary and Slovakia to comply with an ECJ’s decision to uphold the EU’s refugee relocation scheme which aims to relocate 160,000 asylum seekers from Greece and Italy, has increased tensions between the EU and the Hungarian Prime Minister. In Hungary, Orban’s government has attacked the… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, EU institutions, Europe's East, Freedom of Speech, Future EU, Hungarian, Polish

NATO-Russia relations: messages from Zapad 2017

October 24, 2017

Guest post by Dr. Vira Ratsiborynska, Research Analyst at NATO Defense College. The views expressed are those of the author and do not represent the opinions of the NATO Defense College, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.   National strategy requires us to analyze across all dimensions relations of power and observe the ways implemented… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, Europe's East, transatlantic affairs

Kurdish Referendum Delivered an Overwhelming Endorsement of Independence

October 2, 2017

Some 5.3 million registered Kurdish voters headed to the polls on Monday 25th Sep. 2017 to decide in a referendum vote whether they want to become an independent nation-state. Three northern Iraqi provinces — Erbil, Duhok and Sulaymaniyah – comprise the parliamentary democracy governed by the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq. The referendum took place… » read more

  Posted by AriRusila's Conflicts

blogactiv, Europe's East

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Europe is setting its sails for further integration – and Brexit is merely a side show

September 15, 2017

By Sabrina Huck, Political Consultant The UK has the Queen’s speech – the European Union has the annual State of the Union address. Delivered by the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker’s performance might be lacking pomp and circumstance in comparison to the State Opening of Parliament, but it serves a similar purpose in… » read more

  Posted by The Whitehouse Consultancy

blogactiv, English, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Euro & Finance, Europe's East, Future EU, Global Europe, Member States, UK in Europe

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EU must monitor good and bad flows: the latest US sanctions bill an excellent case in point #EUglobalstrategy

August 16, 2017

One can only welcome the ambition stated in the EU global strategy: “European security hinges on better and shared assessments of internal and external threats and challenges. Europeans must improve the monitoring and control of flows which have security implications.”   It is indeed extremely important to try to bring order into European strategic thinking… » read more

  Posted by Europe and Security

blogactiv, Europe's East, Global Europe

‘Southern Graft Corridor’ or the shady history of companies involved in Europe’s pet energy project

December 16, 2016

A new Bankwatch study reveals a worrying track record of criminal and corrupt activities among the companies that are building Europe’s flagship gas pipeline project, the Southern Gas Corridor. by Sven Haertig-Tokarz, cross-posted from the Bankwatch blog. The Southern Gas Corridor, a 3,500 kilometre system of pipelines meant to bring gas from Azerbaijan into Europe,… » read more

  Posted by Bankwatch

blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Corporate Europe, Energy, Energy Union, Europe's East, fossil fuels

Will Nikolai Patrushev Be the New Prime Minister of Russia?

December 12, 2016

With the recent arrest of the Russian economy minister Aleksey Ulyukaev by the FSB, the Russian equivalent of the FBI, the president Vladimir Putin’s purge of the liberal faction within the Kremlin nomenklatura is now in the full public view.[1] This faction is headed by the Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev who succeeded Putin as… » read more

  Posted by Kovacevic on Geopolitics

blogactiv, Europe's East, Geopolitics
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