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Expert briefing
Publication date: 17 September 2015

In an article yesterday, former Polish finance minister Jacek Rostowski defended the stance taken by the Central-Eastern European (CEE) EU states in the migrant crisis via an…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 6 October 2015

A rift has opened between the eleven former communist EU member states (EU-11), and such older members as Germany and Sweden, over attitudes towards immigrants and refugees, who…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 10 June 2016

Political and policy risks in Emerging Europe.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 31 March 2023
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Central Europe banks face low risk

Banks in the four Visegrad countries (V4) countries -- Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia -- are generally sound and well-capitalised, but regulators are vigilant in…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 10 August 2022

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…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 19 July 2016

Reactions to Brexit among eastern EU member states.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 21 December 2017

The EU treaty’s Article 7 may be invoked in response to concerns about the state of democracy, fundamental rights and the rule of law in a member state. Yesterday's decision by…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 12 March 2018

The misuse of EU structural and cohesion funds in eastern member states.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 26 October 2023

Countries such as Poland, Romania and Hungary have attracted major investment into manufacturing. A new wave of foreign direct investment (FDI) could drive functional upgrading of…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 19 December 2022

Poland may have resolved its rule-of-law dispute with the EU, whereas part of Hungary’s ‘cohesion’ funds are frozen. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has driven a wedge between Poland…

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