The challenges Europe is currently facing – the pandemic, climate change and geopolitical competition – require radical solutions, not cosmetic fixes
Media mentions – Elections & Referendums
Piotr Buras and Rafael Loss share some thoughts on the German election results
Last summer’s protests in front of the German Embassy in Sofia showed that Bulgarians now have no tolerance for the policy of turning a blind eye to Sofia’s atrocities
I think the Greens might win a couple of percentage points just because climate again is at the centre of the political agenda back to where it was in pre-Covid times
The EU is a union based upon a common market and common citizenship, but an independent judiciary is also a common good. Allowing member states to subvert it would be suicidal
It is not unlikely that new elections will be held in Bulgaria for a third time if they fail to form a government
After so many years of this one very consolidated regime, it really feels like [we are] getting rid of the status quo
What we need in cross-Channel relations is (…) the courage to change what can be changed, the serenity to accept what cannot be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other
ECFR Council member Timothy Garton Ash draws a conclusion five years on from the Brexit referendum, arguing that both the British and the European Union are weakened
The SPD has not been able to renew itself and become a convincing option for younger voters. The coalition with the CDU and Merkel’s appeal to the middle class has eaten into their electoral ground