Let’s Tune In To The EU’s Periphery: Slovak Democracy At Risk, Assassination Attempt of PM
Slovak Prime Minister survived an assassination attempt, yet Slovak democracy is still on life support.
Slovak Prime Minister survived an assassination attempt, yet Slovak democracy is still on life support.
This text explores the recent success of the far-right in different national elections in Europe to try and determine whether this might translate into a far-right “wave” at the next EU parliamentarian elections.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk plans to fortify Poland’s eastern border to prevent illegal immigration.
Sweden and Finland have joined NATO and has similar motives in doing so. Now, the Russian threat of a military standoff hovers over them.
Giorgia Meloni opposes the EU’s Nutri-score system that is proposed to score foods in supermarkets due to the system ignoring benefits of caloric dense products such as olive oil.
Spain has reached a breaking point over tourism to the nation. However, it depends heavily on tourism economically.
While the European Union puts its efforts into bi and multilateral agreements to resolve the migration crisis, its externalization policies are at the center of discussion and criticism.
Slovak voters chose a pro-Russian President and risk their standing within the European Union and the West.
Croatian President Milanović threatens to violate the national constitution and run for Prime Minister, yet refuse to step down as President. He also dismisses the Constitutional Court ruling telling him it is unconstitutional and effectively bans him from running without stepping down as President by calling the decision irrelevant.
Finland has long pursued neutrality as the order of the day. This has been done especially considering its neighbor Russia. Now that it is a new NATO member, it faces a large number of challenges.