Andrej Babis adopted a strong position anti immigration since 2016. In January 2016, Andrej Babis announced his new conviction in an interview with a Czech newspaper (their translation): We are not duty-bound to accept anyone and we are not even now able to do so. Our primary responsibility is to make sure that our own […]
Originally formed in 1991 by three states – Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia (now with successor states Czech Republic and Slovakia), the Visegrad Group aimed to fully provide restitution of independence, democracy and freedom to the region of Central Europe. With around 64 million inhabitants in total, V4 states would form the 4th most populated entity […]
The issue of security of natural gas supply is undoubtedly on top of the list of the energy agenda for the governments of Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Regardless of the differences in the V4 states’ energy portfolio, there remains a number of common challenges and risks that threaten the energy security of […]
The Elections in Check Republic and the relationships between the nations of the Visegrad Group and the rest of the contries of the EU. This is what this number of NEU is about in an nutshell. The topic is central for how the Union is shaping itself, for the relations between “old” and “new” Europe, […]
The European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) is a European Union programme that aims to promote democracy and human rights worldwide through support to civil society initiatives. The specific objectives of this call for proposals are to support civil society and human rights defenders working outside the EU in five key areas of […]
The Catalans citizens who participated to the referendum on the first of October voted with an overwhelming 90 % majority in favour of a split from the rest of Spain. On the other hand, a big part of the population, over 3 million of Catalans voters, didn’t participate to the referendum that reached a turnout […]
The recent Spanish crisis has dramatically affected the idea of Spain as a unique political entity. From many points of view, it is argued that unity in Spain has always a different meaning. From administration, to politics, the Spanish way of “devolution” of powers became a case study worthy of every textbook about Political Science. […]
“The 27th of September 2015 will notably remain in the memory of the citizens of Spanish autonomous province Catalonia who have cast their votes in the parliamentary elections, in which the most participants were pro-independence political parties/coalitions. According to the official data provided by the Catalan Government, staggering 77.4% of total registered voters, used their […]
The recent political turmoil in Spain and Catalonia has also arisen questions on how those separatist movements may threaten common agreements and targets on economic and environmental topics that are mostly a national business. As often demonstrated on these pages, the energetic and environmental agenda should be widely agreed (at EU level and […]
Could you give a short introduction about yourself? I have had the honor of serving my country as Ambassador of Nicaragua to the Kingdom of Belgium and to the European Union since 2010. I previously worked in social cohesion and development programs. During the Sandinista Revolution I was part of the Literacy Campaign in 1980 […]
