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Prospects for the EU in 2018

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PROSPECTS 2018

Prospects for the EU in 2018.

EU-Poland dispute will shift to one about sovereignty

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EU/POLAND

They gave no details. Grants and loans worth EUR35.4bn (USD36.1bn) are blocked over a row over divergent interpretations of the rule of law (RoL). EU flexibility in dealing with…

Post-virus downturn could hurt Hungary’s government

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HUNGARY

The pandemic has strengthened Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s position in the short term. However, the government has done little on the economic front; a conservative stimulus…

Schengen enlargement may be delayed further

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ROMANIA/BULGARIA

Austria vetoed both countries’ accession, ignoring the European Commission’s positive recommendation. The Netherlands opposed only Bulgaria’s entry. Schengen’s non-enlargement…

EU-UK deal allows Cameron to campaign against Brexit

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EU/UK

The package of reforms on a new EU-UK relationship.

Polish isolation in EU could cost PiS government dear

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POLAND

The Law and Justice (PiS) government has already enacted a bill changing the appointment system for the National Council of the Judiciary and another bill makes the justice…

Turkey-EU relations stall even on transactional basis

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TURKEY/EU

The mood was milder than might have been expected. Both sides were conscious of the need to improve relations but, given the direction in which Turkey is traveling under…

Czech EU presidency could lift Poland’s fund blockage

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CZECH/EU

This is an opportunity for the new Czech government to differentiate itself from the other ‘Visegrad Four’ (V4) countries, and Poland and Hungary in particular, in terms of EU…

EU will enter Brexit talks as a united actor

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EU

The guidelines will be turned into formal negotiating directives that have legal authority.

Prospects for the Balkans in 2019

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PROSPECTS 2019

Prospects for the Balkans in 2019.