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.

Heltai: Hungary’s Move to Leave EPP

March 17, 2021

Péter Heltai editor and podcast host at the Budapest-based Mathias Corvinus Collegium, explores the background and impact of the recent move of Orban to move his party, Fidesz, out of the European People’s Party.