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Both Bulgaria and the Netherlands have experienced failed coalition negotiations this year following parliamentary elections. Antoaneta Dimitrov…
Poland’s presidential election run-off is on a knife-edge. As Aleks Szczerbiak explains, incumbent Andrzej Duda won the first round convincingly…
In recent years, a march has been held in Poland to mark the country's independence. While the event is viewed as an opportunity to remember tho…
Greece created an independent public revenue authority as a condition for receiving financial assistance during the country’s debt crisis. As Di…
When appearing in the media, interest groups carefully frame their messages, but to what end? Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz provides a cross-countr…
The European Parliament elections in Croatia will be held on 26 May. As Tena Prelec explains, turnout is expected to be low, but the results wil…
It has become conventional wisdom about European politics since the double impact of the 2008/9 crash and financial crisis followed by the waves…
Across the world, liberal democracy is rumoured to be under threat from the rise of autocratic regimes and populist politics. But if this is the…
On 12 September, the European Parliament voted to pursue disciplinary action against Hungary for breaching the EU’s core values. Angelos Chrysso…
Anti-government protests in Romania have made international headlines, with over 400 people left injured following clashes between protesters an…
The government's White Paper is an important step towards avoiding a ‘hard’ border in Ireland. However, sustaining the rule of law in the Irish…
How the eurozone will be governed in the future is a matter of much debate and is expected to form a key part of the European Council meeting in…
Several leading European politicians, including French President Emmanuel Macron, have recently spoken on the need to pursue an ambitious EU ref…
How will Brexit affect British security? A hard Brexit would see both the UK and its European partners lose access to much-needed information, b…
There is still no end in sight to the political uncertainty in Catalonia. As Javier García Oliva writes, the issue has raised questions over pro…
Last month Poland became the first EU member state to have an Article 7 rule of law procedure launched against it. Aleks Szczerbiak writes that…
Was British business destined to leave the EU? While corporate UK was strongly opposed to Brexit, their strategies tell a slightly different sto…
The problem of ‘welfare tourism’ has been raised by several politicians across Europe, with some arguing that immigration from other EU countrie…