Wider Europe

No reforms, no aid for Ukraine

The West should require Kyiv to take these specific steps to fight graft before disbursing further aid

Hungary in the grip of a bear hug

 After six years of Orbán’s government, the country is much more dependent on Russia than it was in 2010, while Russia has gained influence over Hungarian politics, and potentially a way to interfere in EU decision-making

Spain versus Russia’s kleptocracy

Let policy not simply be driven by individual judges and magistrates, a case here and a country there – let it be something debated at a national and European Union level and adopted on a broader basis