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Гренландия и илюзията за европейска отбрана

Между политическото желание за защита и правната възможност за такава зее пропаст – и именно в тази пропаст днес се намира Гренландия. Задължение ли са държавите членки на ЕС да изпратят войски и друга помощ, ако Гренландия бъде нападната и окупирана от САЩ, Русия или Китай? Малко известно е, че …

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Who will foot the bill for higher defense spending in the EU?

The arrival of the new US government and its signals that the US military presence in Europe may be about to be withdrawn have caused violent reactions on the old continent. On March 4, the President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen officially announced the “ReArm Europe” initiative with a budget of 800 billion euros to improve …

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The New Economy: Trump and Europe

What does Trump's return mean for Europe's economic future? In a word, difficulties. Donald Trump's return to the White House poses a serious challenge for Europe, which is heavily dependent on the United States economically. The expectation is that Trump will adopt a significantly more aggressive approach to trade and economic policies, which ...

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The Possible European Union

Populism, nationalism or anti-globalism – names of the new political movement emerging in a majority of European countries. Part of Steve Davis’s great realignment[1], which cyclically changes the main dividing line in Western democratic societies. New left and right, changed content of the political center, debate shifted along a different axis from the previous one. The views …

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The structural tragedy of the eurozone

|Full text of the analysis| |Official video presentation of the analysis| The eurozone suffers from deep structural problems that are hampering economic growth and leading to the accumulation of imbalances between member states, our new analysis shows. The common European currency is failing to achieve its main goals – ensuring faster growth and convergence in …

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Joe in Pennsylvania milks milk and extracts shale gas from under the cow. He exports both to Europe – are we stupid?

Author: Boyan Nikolaev A few weeks after Mike Pompeo's visit to Bulgaria, we talked about his figure and messages with colleagues from the American university where I work. Most of them are lecturers and professors of arts and logically with more left-wing and more liberal views, naturally sympathetic to the Democrats. Accordingly, the mood towards …

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Social divisions and rearrangements – to the aid of political analysts

Bulgarian sociologists have discovered the political realignment[1]…at least in France. In Friday’s Panorama on April 15, Boryana Dimitrova (Alpha Research) practiced explaining how strange it is that the two largest parties in the country of baguettes are respectively globalists (Macron) and anti-globalists (Le Pen). She even dared to use the correct …

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A Europe of failed ministers

Europe is preparing for a new five-year cycle in which it must deal with many internal and external challenges. On the one hand, the US and China are huge economic competitors to the EU due to their greater business freedom (US) and resources (China), and on the other hand, Russian military power and strategic interests also …

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