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EU brokered agreement in Kiev: A short-term success

The EU foreign ministers made it. In an unprecended act, they were able to broker an agreement between President Viktor Yanukowych and the opposition to avoid the worst. The tinderbox called Ukraine...

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Crimean Crisis: Europe bears part of the blame

On December 5th 1994 the so called Budapest Memorandum has been signed. London, Washington and Moscow commited themselves to respect the independence and sovereign borders of Ukraine. On February 28th...

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With Turkey going astray, EU has to draw the right conclusions

What is it that tempts Recep Tayyip Erdogon to destroy his own legacy of modernisation, by allowing protests for the saving of a park in Istanbul to escalate to an extend that people are being killed,...

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PM Orban and Ukraine: Unfriendly fire

The EU’s disagreement when it comes to foreign policy has a long history – just as much as the criticism at it. The disagreement, however, enters a hole new dimension when it is not leading towards...

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Choosing Juncker: A game changer

With Angela Merkel’s recent shift, all doubts seems to have abolished that Jean-Claude Juncker, Spitzenkandidat of the winning EPP, will become the next president of the European Commission. On Tuesday...

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Juncker’s nomination marks a new era: Thank you, David Cameron!

With Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Union got its first elected major offical. Voter’s will has eventually prevailed over backroom-ism in Brussel, ushering a new era in the unification of Europe....

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Matteo Renzi’s rise: It’s Rome vs. Berlin now

The European elections in May saw a number of winners. The biggest amongst them, however, can be found in Rome. The young Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, is set to become for the Socialists what...

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Getting rid of ECHR: Good for Cameron, bad for the rest of Europe

Notoriously, David Cameron is ready to do everything in order to stay in Downing Street after next year’s general election. With his latest proposition, however, he sets new standards in terms of...

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Constant dying in the Mediterranean

Until the end of 2013 ships that were operating in civil capacity were forbidden according to Italian law to come to the aid of refugee boats in dire straits. If, let’s say, a fisherman boat were to...

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Did Hahn hint a change in EU’s policy towards Bosnia?

It almost went unnoticed in today”s hearing of Johannes Hahn, Commissioner-designate for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, in front of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs...

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