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Complete reshuffling of the opposition scene in Montenegro?

April 14, 2015

Last few months have brought significant changes to the Montenegrin opposition landscape. Firstly, it’s important to note that political parties in Montenegro are not entirely defined by strong ideological divide, in the classical sense. Majority of existing parties call themselves ‘social-democratic’ or centre-left. In fact, there is no real competition between progressive, conservative, liberal, green… » read more

  Posted by Montenegro and European Union

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Possible Impacts of TTIP on Turkey

April 3, 2015

“..there would also be political impacts of TTIP for Turkey because according to Kader Sevinç, Representative of the Republican People’s Party in Brussels, TTIP represents a new Western world order. From her statement, it could be deduced that through TTIP the US would be able to create the new Western axis against China economically and… » read more

  Posted by Kader Sevinc - Smart Democracy & Smart Citizenship

blogactiv, Competition, Economy & Euro, Enlargement, Enlargement & Neighbours, EU Priorities 2020, EU Priorities and Opinion, Global Europe, Innovation and Growth, Social Europe, Sustainable Dev., Trade & Industry

Old Elite in a New World

April 1, 2015

As Kader Sevinç said in her paper for Euractiv , one of the main challenges for our generation is to better conduct the transition toward a transnational world in order to be able to providing solutions in accordance with our expectations and values. EU has difficulties to find solutions, and should deal with institutional and… » read more

  Posted by Kader Sevinc - Smart Democracy & Smart Citizenship

blogactiv, English, Enlargement, Enlargement & Neighbours, Global Europe

Western Balkans electricity plans: where will all that power go?

March 27, 2015

Western Balkan countries have ambitious plans to increase their electricity generation over the next years. But what will happen if they all become a regional energy hub? Will there be a demand for all the available electricity? by Pippa Gallop, cross-posted from the Bankwatch blog Hardly a week goes by without the media in the… » read more

  Posted by Bankwatch

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

The Mass Exodus of Kosovo Albanians

February 16, 2015

“Kosovo, alles Scheiße. Serbien, auch Scheiße. Deutschland, das ist gut. Da kann man arbeiten, fünf Euro die Stunde, egal ob schwarz oder nicht, es ist besser.” (Rexhep Kurteshi) The greatest exodus from Kosovo since the 1998-99 war has started. More than 15 years after NATO bombing Kosovo is witnessing a dramatic surge in the number […]

English, Enlargement, Europe's East, Social Europe & Jobs

The Balkans Elections Update: Croatia and Greece

February 2, 2015

The genie of political anti-imperialist rebellion in Europe is out of the bottle & cannot be repressed. Last month I wrote a BFP exclusive report on the upcoming presidential elections in Croatia and Greece. I claimed that in each of these elections there were political candidates and options taking a clear stand of resistance to […]

English, Enlargement, Regional Policy

Adriatic Ionian Programme 2014-2020 – A new transnational ETC programme

January 15, 2015

On 6th October 2011 the European Commission adopted a draft legislative package for the Cohesion Policy for the funding period 2014 – 2020. According to the draft regulations, European Territorial Cooperation will be continued and even reinforced as separate cohesion goal. The existing strands of cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation will be maintained. The European Commission presented its […]

English, Enlargement, Europe's East

Die EU in der Türkei

December 16, 2014

50 Jahre lang, so wettert Erdoğan, habe die EU die Türkei vor der Tür stehen lassen. Aus Brüssel, so seine klare Aussage, lasse man sich jedenfalls nicht mehr belehren. Was Presse- und Meinungsfreiheit für die Türkei bedeuten, das wird in der Türkei definiert. Und der islamisch-konservative Präsident gibt dabei unmissverständlich den Ton an. Sein Vorgehen […]

Enlargement, Europe's East, German

Turkey’s EU Accession Negotiations should now be suspended

December 15, 2014

Tuesday’s (16 December) meeting of the General Affairs Council is going to have to take a fresh look at the EU’s deteriorating relationship with Turkey. It is at any case this time of year that the Council re-assesses the enlargement policy of the Union. The Council’s deliberations bear upon what are dubbed, somewhat euphemistically, ‘Progress […]

English, Enlargement, Global Europe

Did Hahn hint a change in EU’s policy towards Bosnia?

September 30, 2014

It almost went unnoticed in today”s hearing of Johannes Hahn, Commissioner-designate for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, in front of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs commitee. But a little sentence will surely make for further discussion. In the fade out of one of his many statements on the challenges in Bosnia, Mr Hahn said, that the […]

Enlargement, Europe's East, Future EU, Regional Policy

Turkey is EU’s stronghold against the ISIS

September 28, 2014

The Islamic Caliphate (i.e. and not “State” as many refer to it, as it is neither sovereign nor recognized) has been regarded as one of the biggest threats for the Western world and for the always-fragile stability in Middle East. With incomparable organization, power, execution pace, and strong influence, and with funding from unknown sources, […]

English, Enlargement, EU Priorities 2020, Global Europe
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