Romania at a Crossroads: Can Its Frail Democracy Endure the Season of Discontent?
A political earthquake hit Romanian society a few weeks ago when the first tour of the presidential race ended with...
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François Bayrou — saviour of the republic?
The very course of seeking this appointment, as well as its source, the collapse of the government as a result...
The end of great illusion — France at crossroads
In France, the last twelve months have seen: three resignations of prime ministers; the dissolution of the National Assembly; three...
Anticommunism is pushing Romania into the arms of fascism
I see more and more often these days, at the anti-Georgescu demonstrations and in the press, how the legionary past...
The petty-bourgeois utopia of Călin Georgescu
After utterly failing to predict the rise of the nationalist AUR party in the parliamentary elections four years ago, this...
Dimitar Sabev: Bulgaria’s green transition is not transformative. It simply replaces Big Coal with Big Solar
- If Bulgaria thinks strategically, we could turn the very miserable coal region of Maritsa East, with all its high...
Dimitar Sabev: The heterogeneity of political and economic interests in Maritsa East carbon region creates obstacles to the just transition process
Dimitar Sabev is an economist at the Economic Research Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He holds a PhD...
Central and Eastern Europe is expected to play a greater role in EU foreign and security policy
Vladimir Mitev, The Bridge of Friendship, 19 October 2024 Vessela Tcherneva, Deputy Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations,...
Sergiu Mișcoiu: Polish-Romanian relations have a solid base for development
Sergiu Mișcoiu is an expert in international relations and also specialises in issues related to Romania and Moldova. He is...
Why did Bulgarians’ and Gagauzes’ regions vote against Maia Sandu and the constitutional changes in Moldova, which are to allow EU membership?
Vladimir Mitev, The Bridge of Friendship, Vladimir Mitev talks to Alexander Lambov, a PhD candidate in political science at the...
