Current Affairs

Parliamentary elections in Poland: a lesson for Georgian political parties and an example for Georgian voters

The parliamentary elections in Poland were held on October 15, 2023. These elections were of significant importance for the country. Poland was governed by the Euro-sceptical, conservative-nationalist, and populist party “Law and Justice (PiS)” for the last eight years under the leadership of (...)

Monday 27 November 2023

“Tear down” this border and bring the entire Europe closer together!

“Tear down this wall!”, exclaimed the US President Ronald Reagan from the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, on June 12, 1987. Nowadays, there is a separate wall inside the dream of a united Europe: the internal Schengen border keeping dozens of millions of EU citizens outside the area of free (...)

Sunday 26 November 2023

A Palestinian state may still be imminent, but Israel now has the stronger hand

When the Israeli-Palestinian peace process began in Madrid 1991 the PLO (officially represented in the Jordanian delegation at the time) had more diplomatic relations with foreign countries than the state of Israel; The Soviet Union, traditional ally of the PLO, still existed, and the Arab (...)

Saturday 25 November 2023

Europe must see Slovakia’s elections as a warning: Greater integration must never harm national as well as regional identities

Before addressing the subject, some things do need to be pointed out regarding Slovakia’s recent elections. First and foremost, Contrary to media reports that during the election night crowned one winner (P.S), after the exit polls, and now after the votes are now crowning a different winner (...)

Sunday 8 October 2023

General elections in Spain: the countdown is on!

This article is a translation of ’Élections générales en espagne : le compte à rebours est lancé’, published on Le Taurillon on 11/07/2023. Just over a month ago, on the 29th of May, it was a rough morning for supporters of the Spanish left. The day before, the vote count revealed the (...)

Saturday 26 August 2023

AI & EU: Why do we need a pan-European regulation?

Artificial intelligence (AI) can create many benefits, but also risks to people’s safety, rights and privacy. The EU has just proposed the first-ever legal framework on AI, which sets clear and harmonised rules for AI development and use across all member states. However, there have been (...)

Tuesday 25 July 2023

Elections in Turkey: results and second-tour prospects

On May 14th, Turkish citizens were called to vote for the next President of the Turkish Republic. No less than 55 million citizens went to the polls to vote. After long hours of waiting, creating almost unbearable suspense, the Turkish Supreme Electoral Council published the official (...)

Friday 26 May 2023

‘We deserve to know’: UK Ministers say ‘no’ to a public inquiry into the impact of Brexit

‘The impact that leaving the EU has had on the UK needs to become common knowledge…We deserve to know’. On the 24th of April, Westminster held a debate on the impact of Brexit. The leader of the debate was Martyn Day, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Scottish National Party (SNP), one of (...)

Wednesday 17 May 2023

Erdogan rival Kemal Kiliçdaroglu’s promises to stay in the fight

Nearly two days ahead of the first round of a historic presidential election in Turkey, opposition candidate Kiliçdaroglu is putting all the odds on his side to win. The opposition, which finally agreed to rally behind a single candidate a few days ago, is neck and neck with the incumbent (...)

Friday 12 May 2023

The UK and EU’s new Northern Ireland deal: what is the ‘Windsor Agreement’?

On Monday, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met with President of the European Commission Ursela von der Leyen to discuss the Northern Ireland Protocol. These discussions took place in Windsor, close to one of the residences of the King, resulting in deals that have been named the ‘Windsor (...)

Monday 6 March 2023

European Perspectives - Ukraine, 1 year after

“European Perspectives” is a series of articles written by different members of the different language editions of our network. Ukraine Year One - Davide Cinotti, Eurobull It is November 2013. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, convinces neighbor Viktor Yanukovych – Ukrainian Head of (...)

Friday 24 February 2023

A new world (dis)order – 1 year-mark of the war in Ukraine

I just hope the Russians love their children too The lamps are going out all over Europe - Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary of Great Britain in 1914 The global stage was shaken exactly one year ago, when the trumpets of war sounded, once again, in the Old Continent, as a result of Russia’s (...)

Friday 24 February 2023
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