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Saakashvili’s brake out in a Ukraine falling to pieces

Another blow to the reputation of Ukrainian institutions was inflicted. After the EU decision not to transfer the last 600 million euro tranche of aid to Kiev because the Ukrainian government failed to implement reforms, and after the words of US secretary of state, Tillerson, casting doubts on fight against corruption, now Mihail Saakashvili slams Kyiv’s law enforcement.

Ukraine backslides on corruption

A deluge of new corruption probes and legislation passed last month are set to stymie Ukraine’s national anti-corruption bureau (NABU), a relatively new institution in a country that, despite reforms, still ranks among the most corrupt in the region.

The showdown in Ukraine’s separatist-held Donbass

Soldiers in camouflage with no insignia popped up in the streets of Luhansk and military vehicles patrolled the streets while the "prime minister" of the self-proclaimed popular republic reportedly fled to Russia. What is happening in the Donbass separatist territories seems like a coup. And maybe it is.

Bulgaria and Austria leading the pack

Immigration is the big debate dividing Europe. Battling between integration, Euroscepticism and populist rhetoric.

French-German powerhouse

The leaders of France and Germany can change the tune for the rest of Europe, if they wish.

The eternal chancellor

Angela Merkel has won a fourth term, but AfD’s election to the Bundestag casts a shadow over the Iron Chancellor’s last hurrah.

Endangered democracy

The country’s weak democracy could have repercussions on its future. The EU seems to have no clue as to how to stem the authoritarian wave.

’Twixt Belfast and Dublin

The much-awaited referendum promises unification between north and south to exploit all the economic and political advantages that London no longer offers.

Rich Catalonia out on a whim

The superficial political handling of the people’s disappointment and yearning for change has led to a situation that could get out of hand and foil the promoters’ intentions.

Markets & Politics - Germany and France to the fore

The German elections and the consequences for Europe’s economic policies and finance: is there a chance integration can be fast tracked?

A German Jamaica Coalition Spells Trouble For Glyphosate

Angela Merkel, Germany’s old new chancellor, last week kicked off coalition talks between her Christian Democrats (CDU), the Free Democrats (FDP) and the Green Party to form a “Jamaica” coalition government. The talks for such a constellation, already tested on the state level with rather mixed success, face a rocky road ahead.

This is How the Spanish Socialists Could Solve the Crisis

Madrid is going  ahead with the procedures to suspend Catalonia’s self-rule, but both sides seem to want to slow down the game. Political science scholar Joan Subirats explained us the context, and why a leverage for a breakthrough is in the hands of the Socialist Party

Puigdemont’s move complicates things for Spanish President Rajoy

“Suspending” ”independence tells Madrid that that the ball is in its court. On the table lays a proposal for a dialogue that the Spanish government will not accept. However, taking fully over power and functions from the Catalan government appears now harder. Also the Socialists were put in an uneasy spot, while Podemos are satisfied

From dawn to dusk, an intense Sunday in a Catalan School

At 5 in the morning, the doors of the Drassanes School are still shut, but the peole keeping guard utside are already debating the referendum. Not everybody looks forward to a secession. The Mossos and later the ballot boxes arrive giving start to a long day full of harsh events that will change Catalonia and Spain.

What will it remain of this Europe? Interview to Andrew Spannaus

«The populist revolt is justified and also inevitable in a democratic society». One of very few to have predicted Trump's rise, American journalist-analyst Andrew Spannaus explores in his new book, La rivolta degli elettori. Il ritorno dello Stato e il futuro dell'Europa (Mimesis Edizioni), socio-economic reasons that led to formation of current populist movements.

The economic challenge of an independent Catalonia

Behind the political clash there are the numbers of a secession. Currency, debt — could a Catalan Republic succeed? The big banks are giving it no chance, but its vibrant industry might tell another story. Here's what citizens and businesses can expect if Catalonia votes "yes".

Ukraine’s Newest Threat? A Renegade Security Service

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has a decades-old reputation for strong-arm tactics, but its silencing of dissent has become especially brazen over the past several weeks. At the end of August, SBU officers ejected a number of journalists from the country, including two Spanish reporters removed for anti-Ukrainian “propaganda” after reporting Ukrainian government shelling of civilian areas in the fight against separatists.

Eastwest - The States will meet their Paris commitments

So much for Donald Trump and the scaremongers, Bloomberg’s America’s Pledge hinges on personal responsibility within a global society.

 
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