In this week’s newsletter, we focus on the following five topics: the leftist candidate for EC President will be the Greek Alexis Tsipras; Ireland officially exits its bailout programme; a choice between technocracy and populism in Europe; Serbia will begin talks with EU about a potential future EU membership; and finance ministers agreed on the … Continue reading
In this week’s newsletter, we focus on the following five topics: the debate about the British EU membership; €6 billion misspending in the European budget; a report on what Europe cannot fully enjoy its strengths; disagreements about the reform of the immigration policy; and the need for a digital single market. Enjoy the reading and … Continue reading
Goodbye EU-27, welcome EU-28! Since this Monday, midnight, Croatia is officially member of the European Union. To celebrate this event, Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission and Dalia Grybauskaite, President of the Republic of Lithuania and on behalf of the Lithuanian presidency of the Council … Continue reading
The long-awaited speech by David Cameron on the future of the UK-EU relationship was finally given on January 23rd. While several acknowledgments are correct, I believe that the suggested remedies are wrong, in particular because the British PM has not totally grasped the significance of the EU. Continue reading
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