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EU Energy Plan faces two-year uphill battle

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EU

The proposals are the latest in a long line of attempts to establish a more integrated approach to energy policy within the EU and greater coordination of energy diplomacy with…

Trump Warsaw visit will widen intra-European rifts

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EU

Poland is looking to forge closer ties with Washington to establish its leadership in CEE, counterbalance Franco-German dominance of the EU and present a united front against…

Prospects for Central Europe and Balkans to end-2022

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PROSPECTS H2 2022

Prospects for Central Europe and Balkans to end-2022.

Further EU integration will be uneven and incremental

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EU

The celebration came just days before the United Kingdom is set to begin the withdrawal process. Precisely what path the EU will take over the next decade remains uncertain and…

EU is unlikely to change course on Russia sanctions

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EU

The sanctions, reviewed on a semi-annual basis, have now been extended until January 2018, despite speculation about divisions within the EU. This comes after the US Treasury…

Eastern economies will outpace average EU growth

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EU

Central-East European economies’ resilience in an adverse global climate.

China ties will strain Hungary’s EU and US relations

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HUNGARY

The government’s plan signals not only a new era in Hungarian-Chinese relations but also China’s more intensive presence within the EU. Heated debates within Hungary and the EU…

Unity on Ukraine is at risk in EU’s eastern members

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EU

Most eastern EU societies continue to support Ukraine in its fight for independence, back Western sanctions, the EU and NATO, and view Russia as a security threat, according to a…

Price cap on gas will divide EU member states

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EU

Although member states agree in principle on the need to overhaul gas markets and strengthen resilience, the EU is divided between German- and French-led blocs on the price cap…

Russia will remain popular in parts of eastern EU

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EU

Polls show strong sympathy for Moscow in Bulgaria and in Hungary as well. Pro-Russian attitudes result in weak public buy-in for Western sanctions in all three countries and…