
Arno van Rensbergen
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4 days ago |
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Arno van Rensbergen |Federica Di Sario
After just 11 months in office, the Netherlands’ four-party coalition led by technocrat Dick Schoof has fallen apart. Leiden University’s Tom Louwerse explains why far-right leader Geert Wilders pulled the plug. The Netherlands’ government collapsed Tuesday after Geert Wilders pulled his far-right Freedom Party (PVV) out of a fragile four-party coalition, citing a breakdown in talks over migration policy.
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1 week ago |
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Arno van Rensbergen |Matt Lynes
Rafal Trzaskowski and Karol Nawrocki are neck-and-neck going into Sunday's vote — a contest that could shape Poland’s European future. Election posters of Rafal Trzaskowski (KO) and Karol Nawrocki (PiS), the two main contenders in the 2025 Polish presidential election campaign. (Wojciech Balsewicz / Alamy Stock Photo)WARSAW—In the Polish capital’s bustling city centre, glass-and-steel office towers reflect a country transformed.
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1 week ago |
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Federica Di Sario |Arno van Rensbergen
As the the European Union contends with Donald Trump's tariffs, it's turning inwards to deepen its own economic integration. Hapag-Lloyd containers at the container terminal in the German port of Duisburg on the Rhine in April. (Agencja Fotograficzna Caro / Alamy Stock Photo)As the EU plots how to respond to Donald Trump’s escalating trade threats, the bloc is wasting no time insulating its economy from future shocks.
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1 week ago |
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Eloise Hardy |Arno van Rensbergen
BELGRADE, Serbia—Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić is riding the multipolar wave, stringing along EU accession talks while also forging closer ties with the US, Russia and China. Serbia is among ten countries negotiating EU membership, a process it began in 2014. For Vučić, membership promises funding, market access and legitimacy — but also demands reforms and a resolution of the Kosovo question. Publicly, Vučić has maintained a pro-European stance, framing EU accession as a national goal.
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2 weeks ago |
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Arno van Rensbergen |Eloise Hardy
As Germany prepares to spend 5% of GDP on defence, Chancellor Friedrich Merz must overcome scepticism both within his governing coalition and in the country at large. German soldiers march during the inauguration of the German Brigade ceremony in Vilnius, Lithuania, in April. (SOPA Images Limited / Alamy Stock Photo)Friedrich Merz’s ambition for Germany to build the strongest conventional army in Europe marks a historic break after decades of post-war restraint.
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