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The “Balkan route” that Syrian refugees take to leave behind the overcrowded camps in Turkey and Jordan and look for sanctuary in Germany passes through Macedonia, Serbia, and Hungary: three states that have recently been touted as having…

What should be done with the semi-democratic, post-Soviet countries at the eastern borders? The question has haunted the EU for the last ten years, after its enlargement to ten new members in 2004. The European Neighbourhood Policy, with…

By adopting NextGenerationEU (the €750 billion emergency package meant to boost EU’s post-COVID-19 recovery) the longest-ever (17-21 July) European Council broke the taboo of debt mutualization and thus made history. In doing so, it…

“Il futuro è l’Europa”, recita il più famoso murales del quartier européen di Bruxelles. Il futuro è dell’Europa – se saprà restare unita, porsi obiettivi ambiziosi ma realizzabili e guidare sulla scena globale – secondo la presidente della…

September has found Britain in a jittery mood. After the intense first wave of COVID-19 relented over the summer, the past two weeks have seen the number of cases rise back up to over 3,000 per day. The timing of the uptick is particularly…