1. Theresa May hasn’t actually called a general election yet. She can’t. The Fixed Term Parliament Act leaves that decision with the House of Commons, so in reality the fate of this putative…
T he referendum on 16 April was the last station -until the next one- in the path to oriental authoritarianism which Tayyip Erdogan, the domineering protagonist of the Turkish political sphere since 2002, has…
by Žiga Turk
There has never been a shortage of thinking about the future of Europe. Last week, the Commission presented its five scenarios. Which is timely, because things are not working as they are. And…
by ULRICH KÜHN
The incoming Trump administration inherits a U.S.-Russian relationship marked by disagreement and confrontation in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the wars in Syria and Ukraine, the West’s use of economic sanctions,…
by Giles Marshall
Britain’s prime minister, Theresa May, will be the first foreign leader to meet new US president Donald Trump this Friday and it has caused a resurgence of hope in Britain that the…
by Leopold Traugott
Although the EU-Turkey deal caused seemingly endless troubles, everyone seems to agree on one thing: the deal worked. It managed to drastically bring down refugee numbers. For the new Maltese EU presidency,…
by Vincenzo Scarpetta
Italian MEP Antonio Tajani, of the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) group, was elected new President of the European Parliament yesterday evening. It took him four rounds of voting to beat his…
by Madalina Sisu Vicari
From South Stream to TurkStream but with much less gas
On October 10, 2016, on the sidelines of the World Energy Congress in Istanbul, and in the presence of the presidents Vladimir…
by Andrew Duff
Brussels is no stranger to political confusion, especially when the leadership of the EU institutions is concerned. Already the press wheels out its usual reports of backroom deals and an imminent 'stitch-up'…