There is a sense of moral superiority, which is very strong at the moment. That we have been right on Russia (…) and we have been ignored — by the Germans and by the others.
Piotr Buras on how Poland’s right-wing government is winning allies with its staunch defense of Ukraine
Normalization is going to be very hard, and maybe even impossible, with this kind of attitude
Engjellushe Morina, expert on the Western Balkans, comments on Russia’s “hybrid occupation” of Serbia, which threatens to derail its peace plan with Kosovo
The Georgian “foreign agents” draft law is an attempt to take control of civil society and impose a populist, sovereignist trajectory
Bidzina Ivanishvili clearly functions as a Russian oligarch. Depending on his personal interests, he will accommodate Russia while trying not to alienate the European Union.
Marie Dumoulin on Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire businessman behind the Georgian “foreign agents” draft law
Engjellushe Morina talks about the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue process and the prospects for a lasting agreement soon
Because of the neutral status enshrined in the constitution, the country cannot be a member of any military alliance
Moldova would have a hard time joining NATO because of its stance on neutrality, explains Marie Dumoulin
Although there’s been some slight shift in public opinion, the crisis doesn’t change the fundamentals of Moldova’s European direction
Andrew Wilson on how the energy crisis affects tensions between Moldova and the breakaway territory of Transnistria
If the European Union wants to live up to its ambitions in its immediate vicinity, it should invest in the enlargement process rather than create new formats for summit meetings
DW refers to ECFR’s idea of a Partnership for Enlargement