The relationship [between Meloni and Orbán] has always been very strong. I don’t believe relations have been totally abandoned. The relationship still remains
Budapest chose to maintain its proximity to Moscow, playing this role as an EU member state. […] And it is doing this by acting more like Minsk than Brussels
Teresa Coratella analyses Hungary’s position in the context of the war in Ukraine and the implications of its relationship with Russia for the European Union
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has vehemently uncovered a phenomenon that has been present for years at EU level
Teresa Coratella comments on European defence mechanisms deployed in the fight against disinformation
Should she win, Le Pen will have the difficult role of positioning herself ex novo within the EU and making the ultimate choice between Brussels on one side or Moscow and Budapest on the other
Teresa Coratella analyses the impact that either Emmanuel Macron or Marine Le Pen’s victory would have on Europe, and the opportunity that both these outcomes would open for Italy
Putin’s decision is increasingly opening a window of political opportunity for countries like Poland to review and re-conceptualize their role within the EU
Teresa Coratella analyzes the implications of the visit of US President Joe Biden to Poland and, more generally, those of the war in Ukraine on Eastern European countries
In the last 30 days, Poland has changed its attitude towards both the EU and the US. With the US it was in open conflict, this war is changing that
Teresa Coratella analyses the evolution of Poland’s relations with the US and the EU in the framework of the war in Ukraine
I think that Warsaw and Budapest will now push to the limit, until getting to the point where they will have to back off and turn to diplomacy to obtain something
Teresa Coratella comments on the consequences of the European Court of Justice’s ruling that rejected the Polish and Hungarian appeal against the mechanism that makes EU funds conditional to the respect of the rule of law
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