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Debate: Is Poland entitled to reject refugees?

Fri, 19/05/2017 - 12:33
Poland's government continues to reject demands that it take in more refugees. The country now faces EU treaty infringement proceedings if it fails to accept the agreed number of refugees from other EU states in the near future. While some commentators are filled with shame by the behaviour of the country's politicians, others find the social discourse on the issue questionable.
Categories: European Union

Debate: Can Macron's experiment succeed?

Fri, 12/05/2017 - 12:09
The people should return to politics - with this slogan Macron's movement La République en Marche has presented its candidates for the parliamentary elections in June. Many of them are new to politics, while most of the experienced politicians come from the Socialist camp. Europe's commentators take differing views of the situation and stress that the personnel carousel hasn't stopped spinning yet.
Categories: European Union

An intrepid ÖVP | Jutarnji list - Croatia

Fri, 12/05/2017 - 12:09
Categories: European Union

Debate: Will Comey's dismissal bring Trump down?

Fri, 12/05/2017 - 12:09
The pressure on US President Donald Trump is growing. After he fired FBI director James Comey in a surprise move allegations that the president wanted to prevent investigations into his campaign team's connections with Russia are gaining traction. Trump's credibility has been destroyed for good, commentators fear.
Categories: European Union

Debate: Row over UN special adviser on Cyprus

Fri, 12/05/2017 - 12:09
New tensions threaten to undo all the progress made since 2016 in the talks on the reunification of Cyprus. The row over the exploitation of fossil resources in the Mediterranean has intensified in recent weeks and now the Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and the Greek foreign minister have complained about UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide. What are the real causes behind the row?
Categories: European Union

Debate: Political crisis in Macedonia

Fri, 12/05/2017 - 12:09
Macedonia is in the throes of a serious political crisis in which ethnic tensions threaten to escalate. The national conservative VMRO and former prime minister Nikola Gruevski failed to gain a majority in December's elections. The Socialists and the Democratic Party of Albanians want to govern - but have not received a mandate from the president. When they named a parliamentary speaker two weeks ago their opponents stormed the parliament. How can the country avoid chaos?
Categories: European Union

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