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Eastern European Politics

🧭 How Hungary and Serbia expose the EU’s enlargement vulnerabilities

August 27, 2025

🌊 How Romania’s educational institutions resisted illiberal pressures

August 15, 2025

🌊 How a far-right party is shaping the 'new' old Romanian man

August 8, 2025

🧭 Can the EU overcome Hungary’s veto on Ukrainian membership?

July 31, 2025

🌊 How Romania’s illiberals weaponise homophobia to fuel hetero-nationalism

July 31, 2025
July 25, 2025

🌊 How Viktor Orbán legitimises his regime through ‘petro-masculinity’

Hanna Zelma Horányi What role do sexism, racism, and climate denial play in the regime of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán? Hanna Zelma Horányi describes how Orbán is legitimising his power through the concept of ‘petro-masculinity’ Read more
July 17, 2025

Presidential elections in Poland: has the populism vaccine failed? 

Renata Mieńkowska-Norkiene Poland's presidential election resulted in surprise defeat for centrist Civic Coalition candidate Rafał Trzaskowski. Renata Mieńkowska-Norkiene describes how Donald Tusk's governing coalition misjudged the public mood – and how the right-wing Karol Nawrocki convinced the Polish electorate that he is a 'man of the people'  Read more
July 11, 2025

Thirty years after Srebrenica, is Bosnia and Herzegovina a viable state?

Albrecht Rothacher On the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre in eastern Bosnia, Albrecht Rothacher looks back at the significance of that event, and the confederal State it produced. Three decades on, can the EU realistically consider Bosnia and Herzegovina as a potential member state? Read more
July 3, 2025

Romania's misogynist political apparatus 

Mimi Mihăilescu In May, Romanian reality star Teodora Marcu was shot dead by her former partner. Thousands marched in protest, but the state remained silent. Mimi Mihăilescu argues that Romania’s democracy, which has long excluded women from power, must confront the systems that render women's deaths predictable and politically acceptable  Read more
July 2, 2025

Is Bulgaria really ready for the euro?

Albrecht Rothacher In 2026, Bulgaria will likely join the eurozone. On the surface, the economic indicators look good. But Albrecht Rothacher and Martin Bull argue that this may be another example of the will of Brussels triumphing over hard socioeconomic reality. Bulgarians, they warn, should brace themselves for a fiscal shock Read more

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