by András Baneth | Apr 23, 2013 | Brussels, EU Institutions, EU Politics |
“I have absolutely no idea what a political union in the EU would look like.” A sentence like this would sound normal from an outsider to the EU. But, alas, this was said in front of journalists by a high-ranking Brussels diplomat during a European Council meeting in...
by András Baneth | Apr 16, 2013 | EU Institutions, EU Policy, EU Politics |
The enlargement was not only one of the most successful policy areas of the EU but has always been a question of “ideology” too. Where should it be heading next? European integration was not only a goal in itself: EU Member States were always keen on...
by András Baneth | Apr 8, 2013 | Brussels, EU Institutions, EU Policy |
Preparation for the 2014 European Parliamentary elections The European Parliament is slowly but surely preparing for its next election, which is to be held next year (2014). The dates are uncertain as previously the EP elections were foreseen to take place in June,...
by András Baneth | Apr 1, 2013 | Brussels, EU Institutions, Lobbying |
The case of Maltese EU Commissioner John Dalli, who was forced to resign last year, may now lead to a brand new scandal. So much so that German MEP Ingeborg Grassle, of the European People’s Party, recently called for the resignation of Giovanni Kessler, the...
by András Baneth | Sep 11, 2008 | EU Institutions |
Distortions, misunderstandings, purposeful misleading of facts have always been around (some are really funny, actually). But the more the European Union deals with ”sensitive” issues, including justice, foreign policy, sports or other areas that used to be labeled as...
by András Baneth | Aug 2, 2008 | EU Institutions |
One of the most commonly held urban legends in EU circles is the saying attributed to Henry Kissinger of “Who do I call if I want to call Europe?”. As the FT revealed, he never actually said it. But how could it hold on so long there in Brussels and...
