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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addressing the press after last Thursday’s European Council meeting.
April 1, 2021
With much of the European Union experiencing another surge in Covid infections, some member states experiencing exceptionally high rates of infection, significant shortfalls...
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte going to work after this week’s election.
March 19, 2021
In an election in which the polls were open for three days, in order to allow social distancing among the voters, and those over 70 were able to vote by mail, Dutch voters...
Winfried Kretschmann, leader of the Greens and Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg, and Mrs. Kretschmann voting in the state election Sunday.
March 16, 2021
On Sunday, voters in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate in western Germany went to the polls to elect their Landtag, the state assembly. With the Christian Democratic...
European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič commenting on UK violation of Protocol, March 3, 2021.
March 12, 2021
Last week, the UK unilaterally extended a number of temporary grace periods agreed by the UK and EU in December that had exempted for several months a wide range of goods...
Alexei Navalny in a Moscow courtroom on February 20.
March 2, 2021
On January 17, Alexei Navalny returned to Moscow from Berlin, where he had been treated after having been poisoned with Novichok, a deadly chemical nerve agent, while...
The Diada (National Day) demonstration in Barcelona, September 11, 2012.
February 23, 2021
On February 14, voters in Catalonia went to the polls to elect a new parliament. Not surprisingly given the continuing Covid pandemic, turnout dropped sharply from 79.1...
February 19, 2021
Britain’s role in Great Power Competition post Brexit—a panel discussion between Hamish Falconer, Visiting Fellow, European Studies Council, Professor Paul Kennedy, the J....