[Erdogan’s decision is] impulsive, inconsiderate and reckless from almost any point of view
ECFR Board member, Carl Bildt, reacts to Erdogan’s decision to order the removal of a group of ambassadors who wrote a letter calling for the release of jailed philanthropist Osman Kavala
Buying gas from Russia does not automatically mean dependence on Russia
You have to make sure you have alternatives, says Kadri Liik. Then Russia cannot use its natural gas as political leverage.
This is not EU competences versus member states’ competences; it’s democracy versus autocracy
Piotr Buras comments on the dispute over the rule of law between Poland and the European Union
If the Russians do not depend on Ukraine as a transit country, they are free to destabilize it by other means […] All these other means would more or less end up on Washington’s desk
Gustav Gressel comments on the fears that Nord Stream 2 could liberate Russia to invade Ukraine.
For all these years, PiS has seen that it can get away with anything. There might be problems, but eventually it is able to push through the majority of things
If we, as Europeans, do not draw the right conclusions at this critical moment and do not follow the laws of the European Union, it will lead to the disintegration of the European Union
Piotr Buras comments on the ruling of Poland’s Constitutional Court and what actions the EU must take
From the point of view of the CJEU and the European Commission, the judgment of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal has no meaning, no legal value
In an interview with Gazeta, Piotr Buras argues that what matters most from the point of view of the Commission is whether Poland implements the rulings of the CJEU or not
Piotr Buras writes in an op-ed in Wyborcza that the mere liquidation of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court would not be enough. The most important thing today for both the EU and Poland is the implementation of two key decisions of the CJEU.
The fact that there’s unpredictability in Hungarian politics is already a step in the right direction
Andreas Bock comments on Hungary’s upcoming parliamentary election and highlights that for the first time in many years, an election is being held in Hungary that Viktor Orban may actually lose