... similar battle cry, emanating from the various countries of the EU and it is not looking good. Something has, somewhere, somehow, gone radically wrong with the original concept of the idea’s and treaties laid down, by the founding fathers of the European Union – before and since the tearing down of the infamous Berlin Wall. Europe is under attack. And, it is not from Russia The whole concept of the EU and its original mandates are now coming under threat of attack, but not from some despised, demonized and alienated monster, called Russia, but from the hundreds of thousands ...
... a political crisis amidst the migration crisis, although the rhetoric of Viktor Orbán – a
pocket Putin
(link in Hungarian),
Europe’s Donald Trump
, and defender of Christian values in Europe – will quietly spread to other European countries, increasing criticism of the European Union and focusing more and more intently on national interests.
1
. Magyarok migrációja. // HVG. 2015. Szeptember 5. P.12.
2
. Orbán Viktor: Schengen forog kockán. // Magyar Nemzet. 04.09.2015
... Ukraine seeking to minimise the Soviet Union’s contribution to the defeat of Nazism or accusing the Soviets of crimes to exonerate those who sided with Hitler against Stalin.
Thus, as a result of the Ukraine conflict, the gulf between Russia and the European Union is wide, deep and growing. The Russian government does not expect the lifting of EU sanctions for a long time and, even then, it is hard to expect business as before. Putin’s idea of a “greater Europe from Dublin to Vladivostok”, which he was seeking to sell to the European, particularly German business community, only five years ago, is being replaced by the reality of Russia’s increasing closeness to China and the rise of what ...
... Flanders, Greenland, Corsica, Northern Ireland and the Basque Country). In some countries, the separatists lost referendums and polls, while in others the mass actions of their supporters were unsuccessful. There were signs of differences among the European Union’s regional elites. This was due to a combination of economic, social, internal and external factors, considering the tense situation in the regions adjacent to Western Europe.
In politics, like in nature, seasons sometimes intriguingly coincide with the development of various trends. The Prague Spring in the latter half of the 1960s metaphorically reflected the hopes of much of Czechoslovakia’s population for ...
RIAC Report #16
The dramatic developments in Ukraine in 2014 have once again demonstrated the relevance of the cooperative crisis management tools and mechanisms of the OSCE.
Issues of strengthening and reforming the OSCE are once again part of the European agenda.
The 40th anniversary of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe represents an important milestone in the development of the organization and provides an occasion for a frank discussion about the problems ...
... September 25, 2014, Russian International Affairs Council and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly held the international seminar "Helsinki +40 Process: Prospects for Strengthening the OSCE" with participation of the OSCE PA representatives, top European politicians and civil society leaders, Russian parliamentarians and key experts.
The event was opened by the project co-chair
Joao Soares
(MP, Portugal) and RIAC President
Igor Ivanov
.
The speakers' list at the plenary session included OSCE ...
... disregard the possibility that NATO and the EU could fail in becoming pan-European structures, and that their expansion could stall heavily, leaving Europe divided. Moreover,
the word “Europe” began to be increasingly used to indicate the European Union, leaving a substantial part of European countries in a type of “gray zone.”
Pan-European Specificities
The development of NATO and the EU, including the partnerships of these organizations with non-members, constituted the core of the evolving European security system in ...