Cohesion & Governance

Austria’s toughest EU presidency

Although Austria has the potential to influence EU policymaking more, the country often stands in its own way

Hungary for more: Viktor Orbán’s new European battles

ECFR’s EU28 Survey reveals that Hungary manages to outpoll even the United Kingdom as the “most disappointing” EU member state. But May’s European Parliament poll is likely to see it dig in rather than change course

How Europe’s populists can win by losing

The European Parliament elections this May have been described as a make-or-break moment for the future of the European project – and for good reason. With plans to form a populist united front, Eurosceptic parties need only capture one-third of parliamentary seats to bring EU governance to a crawl