EU and the Rule of Law
It started with a kiss: how Juncker
wooed
Trump — Much of the leading Western media has recently been celebrating what they called a successful step in de-escalating the trade war between the United States and the European Union. I came to make a deal, and we have a deal, Juncker
proclaimed
in an interview with the German Broadcasting Company ARD. Critics argue that the President of the European Commission does not have the power to negotiate international agreements, but they are drowned out by the political and media elite enforcing their own interests. Does this comply with the EU’s constitutional framework in accordance with the ...
... doesn’t ensure its acceptance by Poland or Baltic states who seem resentful towards the «North Stream-2» pipeline construction or towards the gradual decline of Russian supplies via Baltic sea ports.
The EU investigation led by the European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, was based on the belief that Gazprom broke European Union Competition Law when supplying gas to eight countries of the integration unit - Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Estonia. In addition to overpricing, another alleged offense is tying gas contracts ...
... volumes: the editorial is titled “The Ghost of Decay Stalks Europe”
[1]
; Yevgeny Grigoryev’s article “European Union Experiences Existential Crisis”
[2]
; Nadezhda Arbatova’s article is titled “EU Summit in Bratislava: ... ...
Nezavisimaya Gazeta
highlights the “existential crisis” characterizing the state of affairs in the EU which the European Commission President “lamented.” (16.09.16). The editorial thus sums up this state of affairs: “The ...
On June 3, 2015, RIAC received a delegation of European Commission to discuss a future joint project on advancing the dialogue between Russian and European think tanks and general issues of Russia-EU relations.
The EU team included Michel Martino, International Relations Officer at European External ...
Interview with Alexei Gromyko, Acting Director of RAS Institute for European Studies
The election of Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission President is commented on by Alexei Gromyko, Acting Director of RAS Institute for European Studies.
Jean-Claude Juncker at the helm of the European Commission, a type of EU government, signifies a victory both for European technocrats ...