For the AfD, the EU is “an undemocratic and incapable-of-reform construct”. For the new alliance led by Sahra Wagenknecht, “the European integration process is at a standstill”. Both parties, therefore, enter the upcoming European election campaign with plenty of EU-critical messages.How much do such messages resonate with the German electorate? Not too much, according to […]
For seven weeks, Viktor Orbán had kept the other 26 heads of state and government and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy waiting. At Thursday’s special summit, things moved quickly: The Hungarian Prime Minister paved the way for the financial package, which includes assistance for Ukraine amounting to €50 billion until 2027, already in the pre-talks with […]
Viktor Orbán is once again seeking a showdown on the big stage. Hungary’s Prime Minister has left the other heads of state and government in the dark ahead of today’s special summit on how he intends to position himself in the dispute over financial aid for Ukraine. Usually, the staff mark out the playing field […]
Martin Selmayr, well-known in Brussels as the former Secretary-General of the EU Commission and Chief of Staff to Jean-Claude Juncker, is leaving the Commission. The 53-year-old will assume a guest professorship at the University of Vienna starting today, Feb. 1st, and will resign from his position as Head of the Representation of the European Commission […]
At today’s EU summit, several scenarios are conceivable: On the one hand, there’s a chance for a quick agreement, but on the other hand, embarrassment for the 26 heads of state and government is also possible, once again being kept waiting by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Budapest has remained tight-lipped in advance, with sources […]
This went too far for Marine Le Pen: last week, the leader of the Rassemblement National said that she did not “agree at all” with AfD politicians’ plans for the “remigration” of foreigners. She also refused to endorse AfD leader Alice Weidel’s call to exit the EU.The AfD is now taking a special path among […]
Is it conceivable that Olaf Scholz or Emmanuel Macron will appear before the press after the special summit on Thursday and speak out against the disbursement of frozen EU funds for Hungary? Perhaps with an indication of what consequences the permanent withdrawal of the billions could have for the country’s ailing economy?An employee of the […]
On Sunday, the SPD will decide on personnel and the program for the European elections. The ranking positions have largely been negotiated between the federal party and regional associations in advance, and General Secretary Kevin Kühnert expects at most a few contested candidacies. The draft of the election program also holds few surprises: The SPD […]
Far-right parties could be the big winners of the European elections in June. According to a study commissioned by the European Council on Foreign Affairs (ECFR), the far-right Identity and Democracy (ID) group can expect an increase of 40 seats to 98 in the new European Parliament. The national conservative group European Conservatives and Reformists […]
The EU Commission is not giving up hope of bringing the trade talks with the Mercosur states to a successful conclusion after all. “The conclusion of negotiations with Mercosur is within reach before the end of this mandate,” said Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis after the informal meeting of EU trade ministers in Brussels. They are working […]