Current Affairs

Rule of Law Crisis in Poland – What comes next?

If one tried to personify the biggest challenge to the European Union as a political and legal union, one would most certainly not think of Julia Przyłębska, the current President of the Polish Constitutional Court. The former diplomat had a long and successful career advancing German-Polish (...)

Sunday 28 November 2021

Can the Hungarian opposition win in 2022?

Jan Sztanka-Tóth looks at policies which have made the incumbent Fidesz falter in the face of a united opposition.

Friday 9 July 2021

Iran’s election result: A nuclear deal is more necessary than ever

On June 18, Iranians headed to the polls to elect the 8th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, founded in 1979 after a Revolution that overthrew the Shah’s regime. The election has drawn much criticism in the country and abroad: while there hasn’t been evidence of polls manipulations, the (...)

Tuesday 29 June 2021

What will happen in the 2021 German Federal Elections?

On September 26 the German public will go to the polls to vote for a new chancellor after almost 16 years of Angela Merkel. The post-Merkel era promises to be a key period, with the incoming leadership set to define the post-pandemic recovery and key issues such as the environment and foreign (...)

Wednesday 2 June 2021

Could the UK’s vaccine success make students want to study there?

A new [report->https://www.qs.com/portfolio-items/international-student-survey-2021-uk-edition by university rankings provider QS has found that international students are now more likely to want to study at UK universities as a result of the successes of the vaccine rollout. This comes as a (...)

Wednesday 26 May 2021

Homeless Migrants may lose right to remain in the UK under new rules

A harmful set of new rules that aim to make rough sleeping grounds for refusal or cancellation of a migrant’s permission to remain in the UK have recently been announced by the UK Home Office. However, Priti Patel, Home Secretary, has recently furthered these changes by reviving a controversial (...)

Wednesday 19 May 2021

THE ECONOMY AND COVID-19: ONE HURDLE TOO MANY FOR SPAIN?

Covid-19 continues to bring its share of uncertainties and no country has been spared. Every day has its own share of contradictions, and maybe even hopes, with a future vaccine scheduled for 2021. While the virus may one day slow down and be less deadly, the economic and social crises will not (...)

Wednesday 19 May 2021

Brexit’s bruises on the British Left burn bluer than ever

The UK’s local election results show the British left has not recovered from Brexit

Friday 7 May 2021

Migrant Children in Care Face an Immigration System Rigged Against Them

The track record of the UK government on ensuring migrants are awarded access to all the rights they deserve and are entitled to is not one to hold in high regard. It is now being expected that, as a result of Brexit, another group of migrants are going to be robbed of their chance at life in (...)

Wednesday 28 April 2021

From Renzi to Salvini: The Furious waltz of the Matteos

Matteo Renzi has often been presented as a kind of modern Machiavelli of the Italian political scene. The comparison is quite easy to make when you’re talking about a former mayor of Florence. But if we consider the caricature of Machiavellianism —which is simplistic because the Florentine (...)

Wednesday 21 April 2021

The prospect of a new general election puts Kosovo’s military past under the spotlight

After numerous political scandals, early elections are bringing new hope to the nation. The diaspora is already booking flights as Kosovans sense a change in the wind after new elections were set for the 14th of February 2021. The government toppled in the midst of a global health crisis In (...)

Wednesday 14 April 2021

Taxes: your subscription to democracy

Tax evasion is a fiendishly tricky crime to prove as it lacks the two most valuable players in any crime: a clear victim and a clear offender. It leaves no dead body lying beside a bloody knife, no stolen car with fingerprints on the handle, and no broken windows at a jewellery store. It merely (...)

Sunday 28 March 2021
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