Foreign affairs
Is the EU's asylum system ready to welcome Ukrainian refugees?
Monday 04 April 2022 |
Eva Belmonte Ángela Bernardo
Miguel Ángel Gavilanes
Carmen Torrecillas
David Cabo
| Civio
Ukrainian refugees now enter the EU under the aegis of the ultra-fast special protection system, but regular reception centres across the Union are piling up hundreds of thousands of applications and rejecting many. EU members states' asylum systems average more than 15 months of delay.
With the FCAS, European integration takes steps forward
Monday 05 July 2021 |
Antoine Laurent | OBC Transeuropa
The two aeronautical giants Dassault Aviation and Airbus will develop a new fighter aircraft. A strategic programme for the development of the European military industry, which could contribute to the strengthening of the community project
Biden, the EU and arms exports
Friday 26 March 2021 |
Ornaldo Gjergji | OBC Transeuropa
With Biden’s arrival in the White House, many pieces are moving on the international chessboard, including relations between Western democracies and the Middle East, and the delicate issue of arms exports.
Cyprus: At the centre of the arm-wrestling between Greece and Turkey
Monday 31 August 2020 |
Chloé Emmanouilidis | Voxeurop
The discovery in the last few years of large gas reserves in the region has whetted appetites in Ankara, which has been forcefully demanding its piece of the pie, even at the risk of contesting the limits of respective economic zones as well as provoking the EU’s intervention and threatening the region’s stability.
How the EU can improve its role in Sahel
Saturday 11 May 2019 |
Delina Goxho | Voxeurop
The European Union supports a number of security initiatives in the region, where rampant Islamist militants threaten stability and the population. But it could also play a true peace broking role – if it had a proper strategy.
Gas in Cyprus: blessing or curse?
Monday 17 December 2018 |
Chloé Emmanouilidis | Voxeurop
Since some of the world’s largest gas reserves were discovered in Cyprus, the island has been coveted by fossil-fuel giants. The situation is burdening delicate negotiations on reunification.
Over 5000 Russian disinformation items in four years and a half
Monday 15 July 2019 |
Laszlo Arato | EUrologus
At election time, Russian actors responsible for spreading misinformation seem to be tireless. But even if there is no election, they do not rest, EU Stratcom data suggests.
Is the EU failing Tunisia?
in depth
Friday 13 September 2019 |
Alexander Damiano Ricci | Voxeurop
On September 15, Tunisia will held the second presidential election of its democratic history. What has the EU done to sustain the democratic transition? In the face of political commitments and economic resources flowing from Brussels to Tunis, progress is wanting.
How much travel freedom do EU passports provide?
Tuesday 30 July 2019 |
Alexander Damiano Ricci | Voxeurop
Henley & Partners’ Passport Index is one of the most widely used measures for evaluating the strength of a nation’s passport and – consequently – of citizens’ freedom of movement. Recent data highlights a fall for the UK after Brexit.
“The largest trade deal in the world” could mean even bigger business
Tuesday 21 May 2019 |
Kashyap Raibagi | Voxeurop
The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement that entered into force last February is set to boost goods and services trade between two economic superpowers that are already close partners.
