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The Economist is wrong: More instead of less democracy in the EU
In an act of masochism, everyone in Brussels and who is working for the EU institutions, particularly, the EU Commission, reads it. It could not be more critical of the EU and its policies. Although it...
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More democracy in Germany for European Parliament elections
“Every eligible voter’s vote must have the same value and the same legitimate chance of success.” Germany’s constitutional court decided on Wednesday (26 February 2014) that the 3% hurdle for political...
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Serbian “savior” won elections but difficult times ahead
It did not come as a surprise. The new prime minister of Serbia is popular, smart and charismatic. Aleksander Vucic, the new superhero of Serbian politics, received some 49% in the parliament elections...
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Democracy in the EU: The ECI is not quite there yet
The European Commission (EC) published a 17-page communication on 19 March 2014 to give its response to the first successful European Citizens Initiative (ECI). An ECI is an instrument of direct...
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Any hope left in the UK for pro-European minds?
The UK experienced a show-down on the EU during the past two weeks. Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Lib-Dems, debated against the Europhobic Nigel Farage, leader of the UK...
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“I want the United States of Europe”
Stefan Windberger from NEOS is running as a Member of European Parliament The youngest Austrian candidate with a realistic chance to be elected into the European Parliament is Stefan Windberger. The...
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#EUdecides2014: The clear winner is the European public
The first European-wide debate with the candidates for the next president of the European Commission ended after exciting 90 minutes in Maastricht. Jean-Claude Juncker from the Conservatives (EPP),...
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The Formation of Three Right-Wing Alliances in the European Parliament
The EU-skeptical, ultra right-wing and right-wing populist parties in the European Parliament try to get themselves organized. Most likely there will be three EU-skeptical party families and one of...
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Lithuania approved as 19th member of the Euro
The Euro remains popular. Lithuania declared that it wants to join the Eurozone in January 2015 and the Commission confirmed that the small Baltic country fulfills all the criteria. At the Brussels...
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Albania rewarded with EU Candidate Status
Albania received the official candidate status of the EU. The country in the Western Balkans has a population of three million people, 17% unemployment and is known for its endemic organized crime but...
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Macedonia’s way to an illiberal democracy
Macedonia’s accession process to the European Union (EU) is ever more under threat. It is not only the name issue with Greece, but it is the internal development inside the country that is much more...
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Eurozone: Agreement with Greece first step to overcome austerity
Greece has experienced painful years. The crisis has basically turned around Greek society during the past seven years. With the early Greek elections on 25 January 2015, the “radical” left-wing party...
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The evil is called TTIP: Emotional debates in Europe about free-trade...
In general, trade is considered to be boring. Besides economists and businessmen, hardly anyone follows the news on trade and business – it is too complex and burdensome to understand and debate it....
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Gloomy times ahead, but hope dies last: Greece’s way forward after the...
More than 60% of Greeks rejected an outdated and expired rescue package offered to Greece by its European partners. Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras’ strategy for an “all in” at the negotiation...
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20 years later, the ghosts of Srebrenica are still alive
The mass killings of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys around Srebrenica carried out by Bosnian Serb troops in July 1995 is widely referred to as the single worst massacre in Europe after World War II....
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