Today, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson requested the Queen to shut down the country’s Parliament between 9 September and 14 October. The Queen has consented. The move threatens to scupper the Parliament’s efforts to vote against the country leaving the EU with no deal on 31 October. (…)
Wednesday 28 August 2019
While new faces are entering European institutions, several national elections also await Europe in the autumn. After high-stakes elections in the German states of Brandenburg and Saxony, and in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, national polling stations will be open in Austria, Portugal, Poland and Romania. Alexis Vannier gives an overview.
Monday 26 August 2019
Members of the TNF team recount big events from Europe from the past week, and point attention to news that may have passed notice. What did we miss? Comment on our Facebook page at http://facebook.com/thenewfederalist.eu ! Italy looks to form new government This week marked the official (…)
Sunday 25 August 2019
Members of the TNF team recount big events from Europe from the past week, and point attention to news that may have passed notice. What did we miss? Comment on our Facebook page at http://facebook.com/thenewfederalist.eu ! Estonian government holds together after crisis This week the (…)
Sunday 18 August 2019
Members of the TNF team recount big events from Europe from the past week, and point attention to news that may have passed notice. What did we miss? Comment on our Facebook page at http://facebook.com/thenewfederalist.eu !
Sunday 11 August 2019
No one was surprised. As the winner of the Conservative leadership race took to the stage to bumble out a speech as ill-suited to the occasion as he is to his new position, his party stared back at him with a suppressed smattering of horrified apprehension that was far outpaced by their glee. (…)
Saturday 10 August 2019
Three months after the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE – S&D) electoral victory, Sánchez’s bid to become prime minister failed. Following a week of dramatic negotiations over cabinet positions with left-wing Podemos (European United Left), talks broke down on the morning of the final (…)
Saturday 3 August 2019
And it’s not Iohannis. For those of you who don’t know: Klaus Iohannis, Romania’s sitting president – an ethnic German, part of the Transylvanian Saxon minority – has been the mayor of Sibiu for 14 years before becoming the President of Romania back in 2014. Dominic Samuel Fritz, born in the (…)
Tuesday 30 July 2019
Members of the TNF team recount big events from Europe from the past week, and point attention to news that may have passed notice. What did we miss? Comment on our Facebook page at http://facebook.com/thenewfederalist.eu ! Spain fails to form a government The Spanish Parliament twice (…)
Monday 29 July 2019
The European Union and the South American Mercosur (Mercado Común del Sur) encompass 780 million consumers. The scale makes the deal particularly delightful for both partners. Now that the EU-Mercosur deal succeeded, critics voice their concerns: Neither cheap meat nor cheap cars are compatible (…)
Sunday 28 July 2019
Week after week, the composition of EU political groups for the 2019–2024 term is taking shape. As Ursula Von Der Leyen was elected as the next President of the European Commission, the next step is for her to form the college of Commissioners. The European Parliament elected its President, its (…)
Monday 22 July 2019
Members of the TNF team recount big events from Europe from the past week, and point attention to news that may have passed notice. What did we miss? Comment on our Facebook page at http://facebook.com/thenewfederalist.eu ! Spanish left open up coalition talks ahead of investiture vote (…)
Sunday 21 July 2019
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