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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: 11 September 2023

This suggests a growing disconnect within European society from the realities of the war and a decrease in the perceived threat posed by Russia. This outcome reflects heightened…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 5 September 2022

Eastern EU member-states, from the Baltics to the Black Sea, are united in applying existing sanctions against Russia, with only Hungary overtly weakening political unity on the…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 11 October 2022

A combination of factors is driving the rise of the far right: perceptions that authoritarian-inclined elites are competent, the normalisation of authoritarian attitudes among the…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 December 2021

This has knock-on effects on the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) which, officially in opposition during Borisov’s three terms as prime minister, had carved out a…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 29 August 2019

CEE influence in the new Commission.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 14 February 2023

EU assistance to Turkey has eased some tensions and has the potential to improve an antagonistic relationship between Brussels and Ankara. However, Turkey's high-stakes…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 29 August 2023

The far right is making gains in Romania and its neighbour Bulgaria. The rise of AUR and Bulgaria’s populist pro-Russian Revival (Vazrazhdane) party will bolster other extremist…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 7 March 2023

Ahead of the parliamentary elections, the governing New Democracy (ND) party is pledging to reinforce Greece’s land border with Turkey. The cabinet’s Akritas Plan aims to curb…

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