The story so far on the 2-day Emergency European Council summit, held to clear up the last of the negotiations on the British question, and finally get to grips with the refugee crisis – the story going into the summit.
Your weekly update of European news stories from over the weekend; this week we have news from the Security conference in Munich and the political deadlock in Madrid; summaries only with Dimokratía.
Since last December, Matteo Renzi, the Italian Prime Minister, has been launching a series of rhetorical attacks against the Brussels establishment and neoliberal consensus. A review of this change in European politics and its meaning going forward.
Recently I had the pleasure of listening to a talk about the rise of populism and ‘illiberalism’ in Eastern Europe at the Legatum Institute. A report on the talk and my views thereof.
Weekly update on European news from over the weekend; this week news from Berlin, Nottingham and Brussels – updates only with the HP
The weekly State of the Union update, providing summaries of European news from over the weekend; this week includes news from Germany, France and Sweden only with the HP.
European news update, covering stories from Spain, Greece, Germany and the UK; pension reforms cause trouble in Athens, migrant camps in northern France are rapidly deteriorating in their conditions and perhaps a breakthrough is seen in the Spanish political deadlock – summaries with the HP.
With the week coming to a close, I take a quick look at a couple of today’s stories and explain what’ll be happening next week on the HP.
Germany is well known for being the de facto leader of the EU and its most powerful entity. However, there are many reasons to believe this is both not a permanent fixture nor an absolute one now. A commentary.
As optimism rises for a deal to be made in February, there still remain issues to be resolved in the British negotiations with the EU, and ministers begin to manoeuvre as Britain moves towards the referendum .
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