by Tamás Lattmann | Oct 21, 2024 | Analysis
With the US presidential elections around the corner, there is a question in the mind of Europeans: which candidate would be a better fit for European interests/values? We try to make a quick attempt to outline the foreign policy- and Europe-related views of the two...
by C4EP | Oct 19, 2024 | Event reports
(16 October, 2024 – EPC, Brussels) Speakers: Almut Möller, Director for European and Global Affairs and Head of the Europe in the World Programme, European Policy Centre; Christian Hanelt, Senior Expert Europe, Neighbourhood and the Middle East,...
by C4EP | Oct 19, 2024 | Event reports
(17 October, 2024 – EPC, Brussels) Speakers: Juha Jokela, Programme Director, European Union and Strategic Competition, Finnish Institute of International AffairsRichard G. Whitman, Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent Moderator:...
by C4EP | Oct 18, 2024 | Event reports
(15 October, 2024 – EPC, Brussels) Speakers: Anastasiia Lytvynenko, “Azov” brigade officer, former prisoner of warAndriy Kostin, Prosecutor General of UkraineEugenia Synelnyk, Member of “Azovstal Defenders Families Association”, sister of a captured and...
by Ivett Letenovics | Oct 17, 2024 | Analysis
After being elected for a second mandate on the 18th of July 2024, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged to create a new portfolio for the Mediterranean. The idea was especially welcomed by Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela who had suggested it in the...
by Laura Leger | Oct 16, 2024 | Analysis
As Thierry Breton leaves the European stage, Stéphane Séjourné is preparing to take on a broader and more complex portfolio, encompassing Prosperity and Industrial Strategy, as the Executive Vice-President of the next Commission. But what is the legacy of Thierry...
by Ivett Letenovics | Oct 15, 2024 | Analysis
The High Representative is generally considered as the Foreign Minister of the European Union. The position was established by the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1997 and shaped by the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007 to also serve as Vice-President of the European Commission and...
by Laura Leger | Oct 14, 2024 | Analysis
For the first time, a hard-right conservative has secured a major EU role without being aligned with the political majority. Former ECR leader in the European Parliament and close ally of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Raffaele Fitto will transition from...
by Ivett Letenovics | Oct 10, 2024 | Analysis
Europe once almost had a common army. But the establishment of NATO in 1949 and the failure of the European Defence Community of the Benelux, France, Italy and West Germany in 1954 has led to the European integration keeping the defence policy primarily on state...
by Ivett Letenovics | Oct 8, 2024 | Analysis
At the beginning of the 2019-2024 cycle, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen granted the Neighbourhood and Enlargement portfolio to Hungarian Commissioner-designate Olivér Várhelyi, and the European Parliament approved. Little did anyone know how...
