
The age of the strongman
What defines a strongman, and what varieties of this curious species exist? Are there any strongwomen? And when did the age of strongmen really begin?
What defines a strongman, and what varieties of this curious species exist? Are there any strongwomen? And when did the age of strongmen really begin?
How would a Le Pen presidency affect Europe and the world?
It is crucial for the European Commission to resolutely defend the rule of law. If it settles for a rotten compromise with Warsaw, there will be a risk of legal chaos in the EU.
The Polish prime minister has dismissed the dispute between Poland and the EU as a difference of opinion over competences. This is nonsense: the rule of law is at stake.
The selection of a lead opposition candidate in Hungary is a promising sign for the strength of democracy in Europe. Democrats throughout the EU should lend their support to restoring the rule of law.
What steps can the EU take to defend its legal order and protect the authority of the CJEU?
Europe’s covid-19 experience has been a tale of two pandemics – and the differences in each story could haunt the continent for many years to come
Too many Europeans are turning a blind eye to the domestic politics of Nordic states. But theirs is a trajectory that could affect the future of the EU.
A planned ‘coronavirus tax’ on revenues and attacks on foreign-owned media threaten to cut away democracy piece by piece
The European People’s Party tolerated Fidesz for far too long. Its de facto expulsion should be a turning point in the relationship between the EU and Orbán’s Hungary
Europe’s covid-19 experience has been a tale of two pandemics – and the differences in each story could haunt the continent for many years to come
If Poland continues to drift away from the EU it will not only diminish its own influence, but also undermine the EU’s internal cohesion
It is crucial for the European Commission to resolutely defend the rule of law. If it settles for a rotten compromise with Warsaw, there will be a risk of legal chaos in the EU.
The Polish prime minister has dismissed the dispute between Poland and the EU as a difference of opinion over competences. This is nonsense: the rule of law is at stake.
The selection of a lead opposition candidate in Hungary is a promising sign for the strength of democracy in Europe. Democrats throughout the EU should lend their support to restoring the rule of law.
Too many Europeans are turning a blind eye to the domestic politics of Nordic states. But theirs is a trajectory that could affect the future of the EU.
A planned ‘coronavirus tax’ on revenues and attacks on foreign-owned media threaten to cut away democracy piece by piece
The European People’s Party tolerated Fidesz for far too long. Its de facto expulsion should be a turning point in the relationship between the EU and Orbán’s Hungary
Mark Leonard and Jeremy Shapiro predict ten bright and bold policy projections for the year to come
It was not only western European countries that insisted on the rule of law of mechanism – others like Slovakia and Romania did as well
The Orbán government’s demonstrations of European solidarity have been partly motivated by its nationalist goals and its concerns about migration
Italy’s game of narratives around the covid-19 crisis poses a risk to the European project.
Summary With anti-Europeans on their way to winning more than one-third of seats in the next European Parliament, the stakes in the May 2019 election…
What defines a strongman, and what varieties of this curious species exist? Are there any strongwomen? And when did the age of strongmen really begin?
How would a Le Pen presidency affect Europe and the world?
What steps can the EU take to defend its legal order and protect the authority of the CJEU?
Head of ECFR’s Madrid Office, Jose Ignacio Torreblanca talks to the American historian, a Pulitzer Prize winner for Gulag, and expert on authoritarian populism about…
After the Brexit referendum and the US Presidential election, what do we know about changing attitudes towards values, institutions, immigration, and the environment? What are the new tribes of modern politics – and how can politicians reach them?
ECFR celebró el jueves 17 de noviembre un debate sobre el futuro de las relaciones transatlánticas tras la victoria de Trump con Jeremy Shapiro, director de investigación de ECFR
Click on the button to load the content from www.mixcloud.com. Load content On 11 July, the Washington-based Pew Research Center released…
What does the lack of clear majorities mean for Spanish politics and the EU? How can developments in other EU member states help to explain potential repercussions of the current crisis on the Spanish party system? Black Coffee Morning with José Ignacio Torreblanca and Olaf Wientzek
Where is Poland heading? What EU-instruments could convince the Polish government? Very lively discussion with Piotr Buras and Joachim Bleicker.
No te pierdas la presentación en Barcelona del libro Asaltar los cielos (Ed. Debate) que nos abre la puerta a un análisis objetivo sobre el fenómeno político que ha revolucionado la política y la sociedad española.
Debate sobre la irrupción de Podemos en la política española en el Rectorado de la UNED