Catégorie : Articles
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Balkans: EU or not EU?
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By Johannes Heidecker, former economic advisor for North Macedonia’s PM. The Balkans are geographically located in Europe. Is this to say that they should necessarily become part of the EU? History brings no clear answer, or does it? A view on the perspectives, opportunities and difficulties. When we say Europe today, many think “European Union”,…
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Three Romanian Trumpists or maybe three and a half.
By Cristian Preda, University of Bucharest. This article was first published in the review Comunitatea liberală 1848 on the 4th of March 2025. Link to the original publication, in romanian: Trei trumpiști români sau poate trei și jumătate – Comunitatea Liberala. We don’t know if there are, in fact, any Romanian Sorosists, but it’s certain…
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A Constitutional Crisis in Bulgaria ?
By Antony Todorov, New Bulgarian University. On March 13, 2025, the Constitutional Court (CC) of Bulgaria declared the election of 17 deputies to the National Assembly in the October 2024 elections illegal. At the same time, it obliged the Central Election Commission (CEC) to recalculate the distribution of mandates in parliament. The decision of the…
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Romania elects a do-over. What comes next?
By Alexandra Iancu, University of Bucharest. Romanian elections elicited tremendous interest. While the jury is still out on the legal and procedural aspects of the constitutional doctrine of militant democracy (banning candidates on the grounds of illiberal statements and actions, the annulment of the presidential elections), the events unfolding during the past months are, first…