The impact can be described as nonexistent. Orbán is an isolated leader within the EU, has no partners and fails to establish constructive dialogues
Teresa Coratella on the impact of Viktor Orbán’s Hungary’s rotating presidency of the EU Council
When the argument that we must “be pragmatic” is the first to be put on the table, principles – memory, responsibility, care for vulnerable people, you name it – have already been suspended
Lea Ypi on British interest in the migrant pact struck between Italy and Albania
She’s on the very pro-Russian end of the spectrum, a Left-wing populist who grew up in East Germany and thinks Marxism and communism is superior to capitalist democracy,
National elections are next year and everything that is said or decided is already part of the election campaign
It would be problematic under European law and politically unwise if we tried to send all asylum seekers back to neighbouring countries at Germany’s border
Gerald Knaus criticises plans to turn away refugees at the German border
And AfD and BSW have little interest in stability and order. They thrive on instability
Even if the possibility of the far right forming a government is unlikely, the prospect of it gaining a blocking minority is real
The migration compact needs to be further developed and we need to take further steps to develop third country [non-EU] asylum centres
Karoline Edtstadler says the EU needs to develop its migration policy and have asylum centres outside the bloc
The response to acts of sabotage should be to build deterrence capacity, show Russia the red lines and increase the vigilance of Western secret services
Jana Puglierin on the political climate in France and the USA and their impact on German foreign policy
