In the ambition to make Europe a real geopolitical player the European Commission is currently cultivating an agenda that risks making Europe weaker rather than stronger. The various ideas about Strategic Autonomy are based on the illusion that you compete better if you compete on your own. However, what rather is Tactical Läs mer…
What we are seeing today in Georgia is a broken democracy. When the main opposition leader is dragged out of his party’s headquarters on the direct orders of the government, the country has said goodbye to democracy. What has happened in Georgia is not a sudden development. This has been Läs mer…
To: President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Council, Charles Michel Dear President Ursula von der Leyen, Dear President Charles Michel, We, the undersigned experts, politicians, public figures, human rights activists and members of the Russian opposition call upon the European Union’s leadership to Läs mer…
China’s verbal attacks on Swedish journalists, experts, opinion makers and human rights activists have been harsh, with wording and threats that do not belong in a democratic discourse. In September 2019, journalist Kurdo Baksi was accused of ”insanity” by the Chinese embassy. In a spokesperson’s remarks, Baksi’s defence of publisher Gui Läs mer…
It is a dangerous myth to believe that maximising the role of the European Commission is synonymous with a stronger, wealthier Europe. There is one thing we can learn from the last days of dramatic days of negotiations and conflicts between the member states regarding the MFF and the Recovery Läs mer…
Things are not as they were. That’s an old truth, always overshadowed by the fact that our experience and learning come from the past and are the main tools with which we understand the world. We always tend to look at the world through the glasses of yesterday, trying to Läs mer…
As world leaders prepare to meet this month at the United Nations in New York, we call on them to take urgent steps to reduce the risks of nuclear confrontation. We join a growing number of international leaders in raising the alarm over new nuclear dangers. Last month we witnessed Läs mer…
To: Mr Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission Brussels, 14 March 2019 Dear President Juncker, We, Members of the European Parliament, are addressing you in order to express our great concerns regarding the Troika Laundromat case and ask for appropriate measures to be taken by the European Commission. As Läs mer…