EUROPE

 

Turchia, parte l'operazione Eufrate

La mossa di Erdogan per indebolire le forze curde. Trump avvia il ritiro delle truppe Usa

Desperately seeking a reliable left

In Germany traditional parties are crumbling, the Greens and the Right advance: the left-leaning electorate is bewilderd and has no valid political recipes

Dark clouds forming east of Berlin

Germany has sponsored the development of Eastern Europe, but now, with its growing economies and nationalisms, the East is looking to the West but not to the European Union

VAT and the "white knight"

The real economy is flagging, even though interest rate savings have been extended: to block the VAT increase a rabbit needs to pulled out of a hat somehow…

A drawn out status quo

There’s an urgent need for radical structural reform to add new zest to a country that is certainly not devoid of capacity, intelligence and competence

The League’s skew whiff leadership

The complex interactions between the European Union and the Italian League. An analysis of the anti- European narrative promoted by Matteo Salvini

Preparing the succession

More than half of germans are still in favour of the Chancellor, but many believe her long farewell is stifling Berlin’s politics

Angela, the end

The Chancellor’s reluctant leadership in Europe has us hopinge that once she leaves the stage we may receive an unexpected yet essential boost to the european integration process

Skopje chiama Bruxelles

La prospettiva europea della Macedonia del Nord non si avvista: problemi di politica interna si sommano a una Ue distratta.

Turkey-Qatar: the reasons behind an alliance

Turkey-Qatar on one side, Saudi Arabia and UAE on the other, competition between them tilts power within Sunni Islam and the Middle East. The third player, the West, has little to say

Constructive consent

Macron’s European Renaissance has found a partner: the Ecolòs, who add a more far-sighted approach to En Marche’s muscular pro-Europeanism

Macron’s lonely struggles

A champion of a European Renaissance and a politician’s rather than an accountant’s view of Europe, Macron has not managed to avoid a crisis with Italy or overcome German and Northern Europe’s distrust

The zero growth figures

The European slowdown has brought Italy to a standstill due to structural weakness and the instability produced by the government’s dispute with the EU Commission

The truth, I beseech you, on the 5 Star Movement

Two former 5SM members come forth. “The movement is dead: all that’s left is a successful brand”. “One of the media’s deceits was to validate its revolutionary stature”.

The élite vs the burbs

The Yellow Vest protests have highlighted Macron’s frailties. He must work to revive his political programme and get the majority of those who voted for him to back it

“Ode to Joy” or “La Marseillaise”?

As the French president’s European enthusiasm wanes, partly due to the geopolitical climate, the French nationalists take to the streets

A new history for Hungary

Interview with the historian Gábor Egry on the government’s projects to change and reinvent Hungary’s past including Budapest’s architectural layout

Germany and its world-record surplus

The Merkel star is waning but hasn’t solved Germany’s excessive surplus, a big problem for Europe

 
GUALA
Homepage Eastwest
TODAY'S NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWSSTAND ITALY CALLS ON EUROPE NO COMMENT NEWS UP CLOSE INTERNATIONAL GOSSIP MEETING POINT
EASTWEST MAGAZINE SUBSCRIBE EASTWEST VIDEO WORLDVIEW CULTURE
EUROPE ASIA AMERICA AFRICA OCEANIA MIDDLE EAST
ARCHIVE EVENTS WHERE TO FIND EASTWEST ABOUT US COOKIE AND PRIVACY POLICY SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY

Eastwest.eu is a publication registered at the Court of Rome as no. 12 on 09.02.2016, editor in chief Giuseppe Scognamiglio
© 2019 Eastwest European Institute. All rights reserved. VAT IT 12156961000