Von der Leyen – From Berlin to Brussels?

On July 16th Ursula von der Leyen could be confirmed as the first female president of the European Commission. She is one of two female nominees among the five nominations…

Driving Towards an Unsustainable Future: Poor Support to Public Transportation in Serbia

Lowering greenhouse gas emissions is now a main EU priority - Finland’s Ambassador to Serbia even declared it the main goal of the Finnish Presidency of the EU Council at…

Let’s set things straight: accession negotiations do not equate EU membership promise

In her runup campaign for the May 2019 European Parliamentary elections in France, Nathalie Loiseau, a leading figure in Macron’s “Renaissance” movement and a former Minister for European Affairs, proudly…

Becoming My President

My president. A phrase I heard used only once in three weeks for the current president (who divides not only the American people and society but, in many ways, the…

Let’s face it, Serbia will not join the EU in 2025

The truth can hurt; sometimes people find it easier to simply ignore it. This applies not only to state officials but also to civil society organizations, which often opt for…

Serbia needs to rethink, reset and restart its EU accession agenda

Country Report 2019 for Serbia sends a confusing picture of a country that is being perceived as frontrunner in the EU accession process, involved in accession negotiations since 2014, and…

Brexit: the EU Elections Edition

With the UK originally supposed to have withdrawn from the EU prior, the 2019 elections for the European Parliament (EP) were supposed to represent a fresh start for the Union.…

Reuniting the Yellow-Vests Protesters and the French EU Agenda

After several years of divisions in the face of the refugee crisis, the Brexit process and economic austerity, many French citizens question the viability of the EU. The most recurring…

Court of Justice of the EU: rulings on legal implications of the Brexit

There was never a doubt that the Brexit would breed political, economic and legal puzzling questions around roughly…  everything. No need to be an EU legal expert to realise what…

Is there an end to Brexit?

On 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom triggered Article 50, setting a two-year time-frame for sorting its way out of the European Union. Fast-forward to the present and the chances…