For years now Hungary has proven itself an outliner in the Union by challenging its founding values and using its veto power to stop decisions requiring unanimity as leverage. Orban’s tactics have so far proven effective thanks to the Union’s own lack of enforcement mechanisms and his own ability to create alliances within the Union and exploit every leverage at …

            Amidst wars and other armed conflicts, the European region has been in conflictuous past few months regarding political stability and development within the European Union. A country that has been inserted in the news spotlight in recent times is Portugal, with the never-ending scandals and political decisions that are culminating in turning the already tumultuous country even further down the …

Populist “anti-European” parties are set for substantial gains in the upcoming June European elections, potentially tilting the parliamentary balance significantly to the right and posing a threat to crucial aspects of the EU’s agenda.  A comprehensive analysis, incorporating polling from all 27 EU member states and modelling past European parliament elections, indicates that radical right parties are likely to secure …

The Conservative Party in Britain has been in power for fourteen years, the past eight of which have seen the country navigating great domestic and international turmoil. From Brexit to the Covid pandemic to new conflicts. During this time, the Conservative government has been under the spotlight multiple times for its instability, inefficiency and scandals. Notwithstanding the damaged public trust …

Recently Finland decided to extend its border closure with Russia until 11th February 2024 amid its recent re opening of the border which has supposed to happen on the 15th of January 2024, this move might ignite geopolitical and security concerns. Finland and Russia were once in amicable ties but with the recent invasion of Russia in the Ukraine, it has led …

For the longest time, the European project, regardless of its composition, followed predictable dynamics where compromises stitched up by France and Germany were ultimately accepted by other member states with a relatively small margin for changes. However, the guiding influence of these two major members has been steadily deteriorating, prompting the emergence of a more dynamic power structure in response …

Europe and Africa depend on one another to deliver an effective and long-term response to global and shared issues such as climate change, peace and security, and economic growth, all of which affect us all. The European Union-African collaboration, founded on discussion and multilateralism, is solution-oriented and forward looking. Europe and Africa are both players in a multilateral international system …

After years of threatening predictions of a comeback of the far-right, we are now witnessing its rise to power. Arguably, Italy, with its previously understated new PM Giorgia Meloni, paved the way to what seems to be a now-inevitable shift in politics. Interestingly, countries that were not initially on the radar have been swiped by a wave of extreme nationalism. …

The recent legislative changes regarding immigration in France and the agreement reached by the European Union to reform the union’s immigration policy announce a change in the landscape of immigration on the continent.  France’s Proposed Immigration Law The immigration and asylum bill was a source of much controversy when it was announced in both the Assemblée Nationale and amongst the …

After months of political deliberation, the European Union officially initiated a protracted process on Tuesday to fulfil its commitment to allocate funds derived from frozen Russian central bank assets for the reconstruction of Ukraine. The European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, announced that it had reached an agreement on a proposal outlining a legal framework to utilize the …