Is Drowning Immigrants the EU’s New Strategy?
In countries like Poland and Hungary, anti-immigration rallies were a common feature despite having a hand-full of immigrants.
Dangerous Aspirations: Germany as a New Nuclear Power?
, Wolfgang Ischinger, stated in response to Hacke’s controversial article that “If Germany was to relinquish its status as a non-nuclear power, what would prevent Turkey or Poland, for example, from following suit?” Well, according to Ischinger’s statement, it seems that it would not be a problem if Germany would get the status as a nuclear power unless countries like Turkey or Poland would also prefer the same potential national path as Germany would.
Multi-speed EU: Cure All Remedy or Dead End?
If we then further consider cooperation on various regional levels, the Visegrad Four Group (Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary) must be mentioned; one should further discuss the Nordic Council although it comprises non-EU member states as well; and perhaps a post-Brexit UK-Republic of Ireland (customs and border) deal is in the making – could an EU at various speeds yet modeled after existing regional forms of cooperation win the upper hand?
Phrased differently: unless there is another referendum in the United Kingdom which looks extremely unrealistic, Brexit is going to happen – so will there be a new version of a (trans-) continental Europe? A core including the Eurozone, a wider group with some political decision making agreements and trade but no complete harmonization and integration, and then a third layer or circle basically based on a free trade agreement? Or would this spell the end of modernization and peace and prosperity for Europe?
Best for EU, best for Turkey scenarios
From a candidate country’s perspective of a nation as big and influential such as Turkey one might actually suggest that whatever the outcome, Turkey belongs to the core group unless adopting the Euro will be mandatory for becoming a core group member; whether Turkey would want to switch to the Euro would need be discussed in great detail.
A Divided Europe and Turkey
The opposition to the predominance of Germany in the EU by countries such as Italy, Poland and Hungary catalyzed Turkey’s developing ties with these countries.
EU-Turkey Deal: A Dead-Duck
Recently, during a trade visit in Poland, he said the EU had “only sent €885 million of its promised €3 billion plus.
Amputee Football Championship in Turkey: Emotions and Experiences
After defeating Poland in the semi-finals, he was the one that stated the team's desire to play the final match at Vodafone Park – Turkey’s newest and biggest football stadium.
Instability awaiting post-election Germany
Seeing itself as the defender of European values and the leader of the EU, while being criticized by many European countries like Poland, Italy, Hungary and Greece for patronizing other countries, Germany will have a hard time maintaining its bid for EU leadership after AfD’s rise.
EU to appreciate Turkey’s efforts
Since the plan was initiated, Hungary and Poland have not welcomed a single asylum seeker, while the Czech Republic relocated 12 and Slovakia accepted 16 refugees.
Paranoia and Propaganda: Russia’s Role in European Elections
Moreover, whether Moscow’s footsteps should be taken seriously by Europe was opened to discussion with interviews held in Poland, Lithuania, and Russia.
The Geopolitical Crisis in the Caucasus, Ukraine, and the Middle East
It wasn't Bulgaria or Poland or Hungary under Soviet occupation.
The European Paradox: Between Islamophilia and Islamophobia
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Why “November 13th” can not and should not become a French “9/11”
As a truly Hobbesian State, America had the military power to invade Irak on its own even if they tried, mostly for diplomatic reasons, to build the largest “coalition of the willing”: At the end, out of the 48 Nations officially supporting the Bush administration in its “war against terror”, only three nations (The United Kingdom, Australia and Poland) offered limited military support on the Iraqi front.
