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Articles by Julian Rappold
To the Viktor Go the Spoils
After years of tension between the Hungarian Fidesz party and the European Peoples’ Party (EPP), Viktor Orbán needed only two weeks to take his party out of its European political family. On March 3, after the EPP group adapted its rules of procedure to allow it to expel a party delegation, the Hungarian Prime Minister announced that he was withdrawing his 11 members of European Parliament (MEPs) from its largest political grouping.
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Preparations for the Conference on the Future of Europe are on hold. But the EU’s need to reconnect with its citizens will be bigger still once the work of Europe’s recovery begins. The Conference on the Future of Europe was supposed to kick off on Europe Day on May 9, 2020. It was French President Emmanuel Macron who first floated the idea to organize a conference to sketch out EU reform.
Setting Course for the Next Five Years
@ REUTERS/Vincent Kessler Ursula von der Leyen has already mastered her first challenge: On July 16, the European Parliament (EP) elected her to be the next European Commission President with only a narrow majority. However, her weak electoral result in the EP will not necessarily translate into a weak presidency. To transcend this, she will have to face many more hurdles in the weeks to come.
“You Fix the Roof When the Sun is Shining“
Last week, 154 German economists signed a letter to the conservative Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung warning against eurozone reform and a deeper currency union. Marcel Fratzscher, president of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), explains why their views are not representative of the German mainstream—and why there’s room for optimism even if public debate is lagging. How would you put the FAZ letter signed by 154 German economists into context? What does this letter signify?
Power Hungary
Hungary’s prime minister is expected to secure a third consecutive term in Sunday’s general election. But the vote could also reveal the limits of his success. “This will be the first time that I will vote since I reached voting age 20 years ago. I feel like something must change. I just don’t know who to vote for,” laments Eva, a hairdresser in her late thirties in Budapest. She symbolizes hundreds of thousands of voters in Hungary who will head to the polls on Sunday, April 8.
Hanging in the Balance
In March 2016, the EU signed a landmark refugee agreement with Turkey. A year later, the deal’s future looks as bleak as ever. What’s more, Brussels has done too little to address the root causes of the refugee and migration crisis at its doorstep.
Berlin street art tours with the Hidden Path | Indie Travel Podcast
When you take a stroll through Berlin’s hip quarters of Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain, Prenzlauer Berg or Neukölln you quickly notice the abundance of graffiti and street art colouring the streets. Be it simple tagging, political messages, New York-style name art, murals, stencils or hand-made printed graphics glued on the walls –- they all reflect Berlin’s vivid urban culture and vibrant art scene.
Together Forever?
The euro crisis picked up speed once again after Greece plunged into political crisis. The failure of the Greek government to organize the majority required in parliament to elect a President of the Republic triggered snap elections, set to take place on January 25, which recent polls give the far-left opposition Syriza party a good chance to win.
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