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Our editorial team focuses on the strategic developments that impact the stability and future of the European region:
European Union Governance: Detailed reporting on the decisions of the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of the EU, focusing on economic policies and regulatory frameworks.
National Sovereignty and Regional Trends: Monitoring domestic elections, the rise of political movements, and the delicate balance between national interests and European integration.
Security and Defense Architecture: Analysis of the continent’s security posture, including EU-NATO relations, regional conflicts, and the strengthening of European defense capabilities.
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Fuelled by consumer optimism and supported by wage growth, economic activity in Croatia last year grew more than economists previously predicted. Preliminary data released by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS) on Tuesday showed that Croatia’s GDP grew by 2.8%…
France’s government announced it will hold a parliamentary debate on the situation in Ukraine, with President Emmanuel Macron under heavy fire after he claimed on Monday (26 February) that no options – including sending troops on the ground – should…
The European Parliament decided to ban Amazon representatives from accessing its buildings on Tuesday (27 February), due to multiple events where the global retailing giant did not attend meetings requested by members of the European Parliament, the European Parliament press…
Italians are among the most sceptical and disillusioned Europeans about the future of Ukraine, and, above all, they do not believe that the EU has played a positive role in the conflict, according to a survey by the European Council…
The controversial appointment of German CDU MEP Markus Pieper as the new EU envoy for small and medium-sized enterprises has raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest for European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. As reported in David Carretta’s…
The new Pact on Migration and Asylum will not only violate human rights, but will also prove to be ineffective for the goals it has been conceived for, writes Gaia Romeo. Gaia Romeo is a Vrije Universiteit Brussel researcher who…
Farmers from eastern European and Baltic countries – namely the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Bulgaria – joined forces on Thursday to protest against EU policies, with many of their governments either supporting the farmers or at…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has left the door open on the possibility of some parties of the conservative ECR joining her centre-right European People’s Party in the new European Parliament after the June elections. Asked by journalists…
In recent decades, political institutions have witnessed a gradual erosion of trust among their constituents, a trend exacerbated by the economic and financial crisis. According to the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), over the past 20 years, vote turnout in…
The Albanian government has called on social media platforms, including Meta and TikTok, to crack down on illegal activities such as revenge porn, bullying and facilitating human smuggling, demanding tougher measures and adequate monitoring capacity in the Albanian language. In…
Croatian NGO Gong has investigated the HDZ’s use of Facebook and judged that its bots are deceiving citizens and manipulating the public – a problematic assessment in Croatia’s ‘super election’ year, when Sabor (parliament), head of state and EU elections…
Leaving the EU remains the far right’s ultimate goal, even if they stay quiet about it ahead of election time, former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told Euractiv in an interview on Tuesday (20 February), warning that the far right has…