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PiS cannot count on winning Polish elections outright

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POLAND

The October 13 parliamentary election will be one of the most important and consequential since 1989. If PiS wins, it will entrench and continue pushing ahead with its radical…

Hungary’s economy is vulnerable without EU funds

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HUNGARY

The package targets banking, energy, retail, telecommunications, airlines, pharmaceuticals and advertising: service sectors where multinationals have important stakes. It is one…

Radically new UK economic strategy could be undermined

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UNITED KINGDOM

New UK economic direction.

Clientelism will not avail Greek ruling party in 2019

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GREECE

The agreement settles the Macedonian ‘name dispute' that has bedevilled bilateral relations since the mid-1990s. Foreign, not social, issues have taken centre stage in politics…

Brexit will continue to undercut UK public policy

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UNITED KINGDOM

UK public policy.

Saudi crown prince may move against his detractors

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SAUDI ARABIA

The scandal over Khashoggi’s death has been a profound embarrassment to the government, which has belatedly acknowledged that senior officials were implicated. However, there is…

Austerity will bring political challenges in Sri Lanka

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SRI LANKA

The government’s commitment to fiscal consolidation is aimed at pleasing the IMF, with which Sri Lanka recently reached a staff-level agreement on a four-year, USD2.9bn bailout…

Prospects for Turkey to end-2017

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PROSPECTS H2 2017

Prospects for Turkey to end-2017.

Uzbek reforms are dynamic but rely on leader's drive

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UZBEKISTAN

Since coming to power in 2016, Uzbek President Shavqat Mirzioyev has launched wide-ranging structural and economic reforms. There has been progress on economic change, although…

Ireland will wait until Brexit for an election

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IRELAND

Irish government performance.