Future of EU
Pronounced dead upon Ursula von der Leyen’s election as Commission president in 2019, the “Spitzenkandidaten” process is alive and well.
Read moreProgressives in southern Europe need to find unity in fragmentation, following the Spanish example.
Read moreIn a dispatch from 2050, Molly Scott Cato reports that the UK’s divorce from the EU did not last long.
Read moreCultural and political belonging in Moldova is complex and affects how the EU is viewed. Could placing the idea of Europe at the heart of the country’s development agenda create a positive consensus going forward?
Read moreForged in the depths of systematic oppression, the Kosovars’ staunch support for the EU reflects their desire for democracy. The bloc should stop using it as a bargaining chip.
Read moreAspiration meets realism in Albania, where eventual EU accession requires renewed political direction.
Read moreTurkey’s aspirations for EU accession, often cast as the want for market and visa liberalisation, also uphold an ongoing determination for equality and justice.
Read moreStrategic migration control and ongoing negotiations over Kosovo complicate Serbian perceptions of EU accession.
Read moreBefore revealing itself in its vastness and fragility, Europe evoked to poet Nikola Madžirov nothing but the sweetness of chocolate from a factory in Skopje.
Read moreThe EU’s visions of its enlargement are only one side of the coin. Here is the other.
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