ECFR’s summer entertainment list 2026
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Experts & Staff
Mireia Faro Sarrats
Communications Officer
Areas of expertise
Human rights, migration, democractic governance, international law, US politics and foreign policy
Languages
Spanish, Catalan, English, German, basic French
Biography
Mireia Faro Sarrats is the communications officer at the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Previously, she worked as a communications officer at the European Institute of the Mediterranean, a public affairs officer at the United States Consulate General in Barcelona, and in the communications department of the European Agency for Fundamental Rights in Vienna. Faro was also an intern at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Vienna and at the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs. She conducts research mainly in the areas of human rights, migration and democratic governance.
She holds a BA degree in journalism from the Universitat Ramon Llull – Blanquerna and an MA in human rights, democracy and globalisation, from the Open University of Catalunya.
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ECFR’s summer entertainment list 2026
Whether you’re heading off on holiday or staying home this summer, ECFR’s entertainment recommendations—spanning books, podcasts and tv series—will help you reconnect with your internal and external wellbeing
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Viktor Orban announced Hungary’s intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court on the day of Binyamin Netanyahu’s visit. The EU needs to unite in its condemnation of politicians who breach international regulations intended to maintain peace
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In the media
Mireia Faro Sarrats on the political exploitation of the Ceuta crisis
Mireia Faro on young Spaniards’ perception of the ideas of the Franco regime
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Hungary might be part of the EU, but it continues to act against the values and principles for which the bloc stands
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National elections are next year and everything that is said or decided is already part of the election campaign
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