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Expert briefing
Publication date: 2 February 2018

Without a dispute settlement mechanism in Swiss-EU relations, Switzerland has no legal leverage to defend its rights. Ironically, such a mechanism is the most controversial…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 24 May 2019

Ukraine's current arrangements with Russia on gas imports and transit to Europe end in December, and a replacement deal is looking unlikely. Ukraine, Russia and the EU each have…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 30 August 2016

The new government sworn in on August 11.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 4 May 2017

Erdogan has not softened his line towards the EU, but there has been some vacillation in the EU's approach. While EU signals on Turkey have been becoming sharper, at the informal…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 15 February 2023

SNS and SPS are fighting behind the scenes on several issues, notably on whether Serbia should continue to balance between Russia and Western governments or move closer to Moscow.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 11 December 2018

The Commission recommended an EDP on November 21, on the grounds that Italy was in violation of the debt-reduction target set by the Stability and Growth Pact. This is the first…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 19 April 2017

This move came as a surprise, as the prime minister had previously repeatedly denied that she was even contemplating such a step.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 8 April 2024

The PD has started healing some of the rifts that have divided it for nearly three years. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Edi Rama’s Socialist Party (PS) is favourite to win…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 12 January 2024

Vietnam is Russia’s closest partner in South-east Asia and has refused to criticise Moscow over the Ukraine war. Between 2000 and 2022, Russia accounted for more than 80% of…

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