European Union

With Eurosceptic populist political forces set to gain ground in the May 2019 elections, what might this mean for liberal democracy and the future of the EU?

The New Eastern Europe editor-in-chief analyses how, at European election time, impulses for change will affect an EU split in more ways than one.

The founder of Maltese NGO aditus foundation discusses challenges to protect the human rights of arriving migrants and the erosion of rule of law.

Poland’s cities are emptying as those who can move out for the peace and quiet of a country life. What does a strained relationship between city and country spell for Poland’s future?

For the French philosopher, climate has become a defining question in politics today, shaping worldviews across the spectrum of left and right.

Over a year after the EU “proclaimed” a series of social rights, little has been done and the initiative risks becoming an empty promise.

On the paradigm shift that awaits, a common-sense approach to rebalancing the troubled structures of international trade in the global economy.

An interview with the Dutch historian on 10 years of crises and where Europe is headed now politics is back.

An interview on daring to dream and designing economics to regenerate life and community, to thrive rather than to grow.

Despite the attention on fake news, independent media are being left to survive on their own in the face of hostility and a struggle for revenues.