-
Hungary, Poland win Top Court Fights with EU
March 24, 2021
Hungary and Poland won separate tax disputes with the European Union after the two nations were accused by the EU Competition Commissioner of alleged unfair fiscal arrangements.
-
Visegrad Group Marks 30 Years
March 24, 2021
Leaders from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia gathered in the Polish city of Krakow to mark 30 years of the Visegrad Group, an informal body of political and economic cooperation in the region founded in 1991.
-
How All-Powerful Institutions Keep Europe in Gridlock
By David Elstein
March 17, 2021
Open Democracy has published a summary of historian Perry Anderson’s essay, ‘Ever Closer Union?’, which explores the significance of the various institutions within the European Union and how they minimize democracy.
-
How the European Union Prefers Power Grabs to Democracy
By David Elstein
March 17, 2021
Historian Perry Anderson in a summary of his essay that was published in the London Review of Books, explains how the the EU has demonstrated its preference for power grabs to democracy through a series of ‘coups’ across decades which allowed European institutions to hold increased power, undermining the role of nation states and voters in the process.
-
EU: Due Diligence Law Needed on Environment and Human Rights
March 17, 2021
The European Parliament called on the European Commission to propose legislation forcing companies to find and fix risks to human rights and the environment in their supply chains, which has previously been done on a voluntary basis.