EUROPEAN POLITICS

French presidential candidates agree on the need to direct more public procurement towards European digital actors in order to be able, one day maybe, to fight on equal terms against…

Seven European Union countries on Monday (28 March) urged their citizens to refrain from joining the Ukrainian military resistance against Russia’s invading troops. The appeal was issued by the justice…

More than 7,000 finance jobs have moved from London to the European Union as a result of Brexit, down 400 from the total anticipated in December, consultants EY said on…

The European Commission urged EU member states on Monday (28 March) to explore ways to strip sanctioned Russians and Belarussians of EU nationalities that were acquired in highly controversial “golden…

Consulting citizens on decisions that affect them, such as deciding how to spend money more often than not collected from their wallets, is seen as a way to increase trust…

While participatory democracy sounds like an important goal to many, it also raises questions of responsibility, accountability, power and trust, according to a panel on citizen engagement.  “Participatory democracy” sounds…

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas criticised Sunday (27 March) the West’s “double standards” that he said penalised Russia over its invasion of Ukraine while ignoring Israel’s “crimes” against the Palestinians. Abbas…

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Prof. Dr. Zdzisław Krasnodębski is a Member of the European Parliament for the European Conservatives and Reformists Group from Poland. He chairs the ECR Working Group on Institutional Reform and…

Vladimir Putin has a very clear strategy for ending his war in Ukraine. He intends to wipe the country off the map. Initially, he’d hoped to do so by seizing…