Central Europe – “America is eager to expand our partnership with you. We welcome stronger ties of trade and commerce as you grow your economies and we are committed to securing your access to alternate sources of energy so Poland and its…
Central Europe - The leaders of the V4 nations and Slovenian PM Janez Janša convened in Slovenia last Friday to discuss cooperation between Central Eastern European states (CEE) regarding mass migration, integrity of the nation state and other topics.
Given the outrageous,…
The former President of the European Economic and Social Committee Henri Malosse accepted to answer to our questions about his background, his relationship with Central and Eastern Europe and his opinion on European politics. An interview conducted by Yann Caspar:
Yann Caspar:…
Interview with András Kosztur, historian and lead researcher for the XXI. Század Intézet ("XXIst century institute"), on the recent debates around the Eastward opening policy of the Hungarian government: "It’s not in Hungary’s interest to partake in Cold War hysterics".
András Kosztur…
This article has been published online by XXI Század Intézet on April 26, 2021.
European politics has been vegetating in the shadow of the competing superpowers since World War II. Germany (apparently) gave up on being Europe’s leading cultural and military power,…
This article was originally published on Tysol.fr on March 5, 2021.
For the thirty-year anniversary of the Visegrád Group, and split this week between the PPE and Fidesz, Thibaud Gibelin takes a look and contextualises Central Europe’s uncomfortable, yet decisive, situation.
What was…
This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on February 18, 2021.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's article on the occasion of the V4 summit of February 17, 2021, celebrating the 30 years of the Visegrád group.
Our nations feel…
Hungary - Despite celebrations being somewhat diminished due to anti-COVID-19 measures, August 20th saw the inauguration of a memorial, in Budapest, to pre-Treay of Trianon Hungary in time for the 100th anniversary of that treaty. Following the end of the First World…
Covid kills the elderly wherever it finds them
or: why the relatively low mortality rate in Eastern Europe
does not prove any success of the anti-epidemic policies adopted
(second draft: 14.06.2020)
MAIN THESIS
During the first half of May 2020, in…
European Union - “Extraordinary times require extraordinary action”, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said last March, when announcing the ECB would embark on a new spending spree worth €750 billion to purchase sovereign debt from eurozone countries as an emergency response…
Covid kills the elderly wherever it finds them
or: why the relatively low mortality rate in Eastern Europe
does not prove any success of the anti-epidemic policies adopted
MAIN THESIS
If we focus on male longevity (the Covid-19 virus being selective – including sexual…
By Olivier Bault.
Visegrád Group – With the Chinese 2019 coronavirus having arrived on their territory in early March, we will have to wait at least a few weeks before we can assess the effectiveness of measures taken at an early…