Category: 3. Europe

EU foreign policy runs on unanimity — and it’s starting to break down.

Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart unpack growing frustration with how the EU makes foreign policy, as divisions over Ukraine funding, Russia sanctions and the war in Iran expose the pitfalls of the…

Fünf Tage vor der Wahl in Ungarn wackelt die Macht von Viktor Orbán wie seit 15 Jahren nicht mehr. Während der US-Vizepräsident Vance zur moralischen (und strategischen) Wahlkampfhilfe in Budapest landet, sorgt ein vereitelter Anschlag auf die Balkan-Stream-Pipeline für…

Frustration at the deadlock is spilling into the open, with a growing group of countries led by Germany and Sweden pushing to severely limit — or totally scrap — national vetoes that allow a single capital to block action.

“We should abolish the unanimity principle in the EU in…

For the Hungarian prime minister it’s a singular opportunity to portray himself as the Trump administration’s pre-eminent European ally. Trump has previously praised him as “one of the strongest” world leaders, and Orbán anticipated MAGA’s obsessions over a decade ago with his…

Hungary, almost alone among EU countries, has defied calls from Brussels to wean itself off Russian fossil fuels. In Washington, Orban also committed to buying more US liquefied natural gas (LNG), as well as US nuclear technology and fuel. Hungary depends heavily on Russian oil through the…