Europe: too many crises for so little leadership
The EU is accumulating crises without managing to resolve them. Too many for a Europe lacking leadership.
The EU is accumulating crises without managing to resolve them. Too many for a Europe lacking leadership.
Schengen is the main collective asset that the EU has produced, along with the euro and the common market.
What is Spain’s stance on the negotiations for a new settlement for the UK in the EU prior to a referendum on the issue?
David Cameron emerged with his spoils. He secured a special status in the EU. But he already had that, and things have scarcely changed
How is the new European Commission, led by Jean-Claude Juncker, facing up to the numerous crises that are besetting the EU?
The effect of the Juncker Commission's initiative in the face of Poland's retrograde step towards illiberalism remains to be seen.
Located in a difficult zone of conflict and power struggles between multiple players, Turkey is experiencing some hard times. Difficulties regarding its foreign policy are currently coupled with turmoil in its domestic politics, rising conflict and threats against democracy.
The two upstart parties, the centrist Ciudadanos (‘Citizens’) and the anti-austerity Podemos (‘We Can’), broke the hegemony of the conservative Popular Party (PP) and the centre-left Socialists (PSOE), the two mainstream parties that have alternated in power since 1982.
What can we expect the day after the general elections in Spain? After the 20D we will see whether Spain’s democracy is fit for multiparty, consensus-based, and perhaps even coalition governments.
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