What results are to be expected at the upcoming European elections?

My latest analyis is available on the c4EP website. It covers the delicate issue of the results to be expected at the upcoming elections of the European Parliament.

I am not a big fan of predictions: however, some trends are clearly visible and may be well worth to take an early look on them. What can go wrong? In the worst case, my not-too-optimistic thoughts will prove to be wrong. The more, the better, if You want my opinion… 😉

My latest analysis on social media in political campaigns

My latest analysis is now available on the C4EP website:

https://c4ep.eu/how-can-social-media-help-political-campaigns/

I have made an overview on actual advantages/disadvantages of the use of modern social media, based on latest experience of the 2019 European elections, getting prepared for the one in June of 2024.

Additionally, if You happen to be in Brussels around the elections, we organise an event for the evening of 12 June, and You are welcome to attend. We will have wine – and cookies, too. 😉

More information and registration (required):

LinkedIn event / Facebook event / Direct registration link

From Russia, with Love – some issues of espionage against the European Union

Is the European Union able to handle the problem of Russian – or any other – espionage against its institutions? My latest C4EP analysis sheds some light on the issue:

https://c4ep.eu/from-russia-with-love-some-issues-of-espionage-against-the-european-union

Giving a foreign policy leg to the EU – assisting, complementing or substituting member states?

Read my analysis on the matter on the C4EP website:

https://c4ep.eu/giving-a-foreign-policy-leg-to-the-eu-assisting-complementing-or-substituting-member-states

Youth employment with the institutions of the EU – a highway for the youth towards the future or a Brussels cul-de-sac?

Read my latest analysis on the C4EP website:

https://c4ep.eu/youth-employment-with-the-institutions-of-the-eu-a-highway-for-the-youth-towards-the-future-or-a-brussels-cul-de-sac

“European Elections through Young Eyes” – C4EP event yesterday in Brussels

Even though we had a rocky start with our first C4EP event this fall – I managed to catch a bad cold, while I was assigned to be the moderator of the event, one of our speakers indicated that he might be late because of work, and another one cancelling just before the event because of urgent obligations related to the upcoming EU Summit – we are pleased with how our „European Elections through Young Eyes” event turned out.

We have addressed many topics from the participation of youth in the elections through the Spitzenkandidaten process, even to the „F” word, dreaded all around the EU bubble of Brussels (in this case: the federalisation of the European Union).

It was great to cooperate with our invited speakers, Krisztina and Ivan from the European Parliament, but also our audience for being with us yesterday and staying with us after the event for a cool chat with some wine. We hope that You will join us in our next events, too! Additionally, we are grateful to Press Club Brussels to make sure that everything was working without an itch. We will be back!

Our guests and the C4EP Brussels team: Ivett Letenovics (C4EP), Rubina Vieira de Góis (C4EP), Krisztina Hegedűs (European Parliament, S&D Group), Ivan Botoucharov (European Parliament, EPP Group), Laura Leger (C4EP), Tamás Lattmann (C4EP)

A detailed report on the event will follow on the C4EP website, until then You can find some more photos on its Instagram and Facebook profiles!

The one to call if You want to talk to Europe? – the President of the European Commission

Read my current C4EP analysis on the current state of the position, partly using the current “State of the European Union” address and also make an educated guess on the future of the position with or without the current President, Ursula von der Leyen.

It is also to be published in the next C4EPIECE Newsletter during this week.

Check it out here:

https://c4ep.eu/the-one-to-call-if-you-want-to-talk-to-europe-the-president-of-the-european-commission/

Some thoughts about the plans of the president of the European Council…

Charles Michel, the president of the European Council has addressed the participants of the prestigious Bled Strategic Forum. He is responsible for close cooperation with heads of states and governments of the EU member states, thus his ideas are worthy of attention as those presumably well-founded and formulated while understanding the positions of these leaders and their respective states.

I have prepared a short analysis of his speech to the C4EP Website (later to be included in its C4EPIECE Newsletter), trying to draw conclusions about the reality of those ideas and the possibility of implementing those during the time left of Michel’s term, ending in 2025.

Read it here!

Veto power – not the tool we love, but the tool we need?

The issue of the veto power has recently come to the forefront of attention and debate both on global and European level. This usually happens when current political events draw attention to something. Today this is related to the Russian aggression against Ukraine (reviving the debate earlier related to other issues): among the debates within the European Union, its operation and future, the question of the right of veto belonging to individual member states had already featured prominently in the decision-making process of the EU, but the need for unanimity with regard to sanctions against Russia gives it a special relevance.

I have prepared an analysis on the subject to the C4EP website, later to be included in its C4EPIECE Newsletter.

Read it here!