More: European Union
Defence: Is the EU creating a European army?
While there is no EU army and defence remains exclusively a matter for
member states, the EU has recently taken big steps to boost defence
cooperation.
Since...
The tension between Iran and the United States
At the beginning of last summer, precisely on May 8,
2018, US President Donald J. Trump carried out one of his old projects, i.e. to
explicitly...
France Shows How Energy and Society Are Intertwined
What should
be asked about energy is what Plato’s The
Republic through Socrates asked: “What is justice?” If energy has a moral,
economic, environmental, and life-saving component...
Candidates for European Commission President: Who is who
The race for President of the European Commission has got under way.
According to the rules which are questioned by many in the European Union...
Will the Schengen zone survive?
The problem of migration poses one of the major challenges to the future of
the European Union. Residents in more than half of EU countries...
A Europe that protects: Good progress on tackling hybrid threats
The European Union and Member States have made good progress in tackling hybrid threats through a number of concerted actions in a wide range...
European Parliament Elections: The moment of truth?
With voters from the 28 EU member states casting ballots on May 23-26 to
elect their representatives for the European Parliament, political forces
across the bloc...
Sanctions Policy: The ‘European Paradox’
Since the end of the Cold War, economic
sanctions have increasingly been used by big players as a tool of foreign
policy. The initiators of sanctions...
How Romania’s battles over corruption hamstrung economic progress
When
Romania took over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union
in January, news coverage in Western Europe mostly focused on the tensions...
Euro – 20 years on: Who won and who lost?
The
common European currency – the euro – came into being 20 years ago. Since January 1, 1999, the euro has been
widely used in cashless...