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Romanian recovery plan renews state capacity doubts

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ROMANIA

The plan includes ambitious reforms and investment projects, but the Commission’s critical first reactions highlight questions around the feasibility of some of these reforms and…

EU gender strategy will struggle to close rising gaps

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EU

Her Commission is making a concerted push to advance gender equality. To that end, it has brought forward an integral element of its 2020 Gender Equality Strategy (GES): a draft…

New three-party Estonian government will defy critics

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ESTONIA

The stability of Estonia's new coalition.

Teacher protests to impact Poland and Hungary politics

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POLAND/HUNGARY

Hungary and Poland have since 2022 seen a powerful wave of protests and strikes by educators and students. In both countries, teachers have challenged the overhaul of national…

Hardening attitudes may obstruct Sofia-Skopje solution

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BULGARIA/NORTH MACEDONIA

The annexe aims to prevent Bulgaria vetoing the EU-NM inter-governmental conference (IGC) in December. Working groups from both foreign ministries have been created to discuss…

Hollande's turnaround may not help France's Socialists

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FRANCE

President Francois Hollande's turnaround.

Suspending Fidesz is EU party group’s short-term fix

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HUNGARY/EU

The suspension, which has no official expiry date, is likely to last until the European Parliament (EP) elections in May. By not excluding Fidesz, as 14 member parties had…

Fidesz looks set to win another Hungarian election

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HUNGARY

Pre-election politics.

German coalition deal will bring stability -- for now

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GERMANY

The agreement ends more than four months of political deadlock since the September 2017 elections.

Bulgarian public sector data breach reveals EU trend

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EU

Public sector and GDPR.