Mixed economic results and growing political conflict – Hungary’s 20 years of EU membership – Go Health Pro

Mixed economic results and growing political conflict – Hungary’s 20 years of EU membership – Go Health Pro

Hungary is often portrayed as a problem case for European integration due to frequent clashes between Viktor Orbán’s government and the EU’s institutions. Yet as András Bíró-Nagy and Gergő Medve-Bálint explain, the country’s 20 years in the EU have also seen a relatively high level of compliance with EU policies and strong support for membership … Read more

EU Citizens’ Right to Join Political Parties – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

EU Citizens’ Right to Join Political Parties – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

The Maastricht Treaty formally created the concept of citizenship of the European Union, based upon holding the nationality of a Member State. Now provided for in Article 20 TFEU, EU citizenship includes the right for EU citizens to vote in municipal and European Parliament elections in a Member State other than that of their nationality … Read more

The lesson from the year of elections? Democracy for the moment remains the political system of choice – Go Health Pro

Mixed economic results and growing political conflict – Hungary’s 20 years of EU membership – Go Health Pro

This year was billed as “the year of elections” due to the number of major elections taking place across the world. Michael Cox writes that while many of these elections have been turbulent affairs, we should not forget that democracy, warts and all, remains the political system of choice for most countries in the world … Read more

There is little evidence extreme weather events spur political action on climate change – Go Health Pro

Mixed economic results and growing political conflict – Hungary’s 20 years of EU membership – Go Health Pro

Extreme weather events like flooding and wildfires are often cited as evidence of the need to tackle climate change. But do these events lead to real political change? Drawing on a new study covering nine European countries, Tim Wappenhans, António Valentim, Heike Klüver and Lukas Stoetzer find no evidence of a shift in the political … Read more

EU Law Analysis: The Council’s position on proposed EU law on migrant smuggling: cynical political theatre? – Go Health Pro

EU Law Analysis: The Council’s position on proposed EU law on migrant smuggling: cynical political theatre? – Go Health Pro

  Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit: Ggia, via Wikimedia Commons Introduction Member States’ ministers (the EU Council) are likely to agree a negotiating position this week on replacement of existing EU law on smuggling of migrants – raising questions in particular about the compatibility of this law with human rights, … Read more