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Prospects for Central Europe in 2019

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PROSPECTS 2019

Prospects for Central Europe in 2019.

Protests could shift Albania towards authoritarianism

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ALBANIA

Student protests demanding fundamental reform have resumed with the new term and are spreading beyond Tirana to other groups, including -- worryingly for Prime Minister Edi Rama…

European elections expose Czech and Slovak weakness

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EU

The political impact of the European Parliament (EP) election is yet to be felt in most of Central Europe (CE), but in Poland, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has responded to…

Malawi’s Mutharika faces poll dispute storm

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MALAWI

Incumbent President Peter Mutharika of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) narrowly won re-election, ahead of the main opposition candidates, Lazarus Chakwera of the…

Tunisian leader holds firm and takes aim at opponents

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TUNISIA

The arrests have taken place since the January 29 parliamentary run-off. They are surrounded by a highly conspiratorial narrative: Saied has accused those detained of terrorism…

Warsaw’s latest steps could take Poland out of EU

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POLAND/EU

Warsaw’s Constitutional Tribunal (KT) has challenged the European legal order in Poland and other member states, regarding EU treaties’ compliance with the national constitution…

Disputed Venezuela election leaves uncertain future

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VENEZUELA

Maduro appears to be consolidating power, but much may happen before the January 2025 inauguration. Washington is walking back from incautious, early recognition of opposition…

Balkan emigration will go on without better governance

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BALKANS

The protests highlight the deep dissatisfaction that has led hundreds of thousands to leave Serbia and other Western Balkan countries over the past decade. Motives driving…

Italy’s new party dynamics are here to stay

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ITALY

Italy's party system.

North Macedonia’s new government will follow old ways

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NORTH MACEDONIA

This revamped version of the 2017-19 government has the support of just 62 members of the 120-seat parliament. It keeps the same prime minister, Zoran Zaev of the SDSM, and the…