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Apr 18, 2024 | carnegieendowment.org | Carnegie Europe

Subscribe OnJust a few days ago, over 300 million voters across 27 countries were called to vote in the European Parliament elections. These elections take place every five years, and sometimes people have a tendency to dismiss them as symbolic elections that don’t matter much in practice.

Mar 5, 2024 | carnegieendowment.org | Carnegie Europe

Current geopolitical trends have pushed the EU toward an altered perspective on international politics, including its interests and place in the global disorder. This change comprises multiple elements that together denote a dynamic of securitization. We disaggregate this dynamic and consider one very specific implication of it: what securitization in EU foreign policy means for democracy and democracy-support policies.

Jan 28, 2024 | carnegieendowment.org | Carnegie Europe

EU enlargement to the Western Balkans appears to be in full swing. But scratch the surface and a much less rosy picture emerges. The magic of the EU’s offer is not working, and the number of countries weighing alternatives to membership is expanding. Political leaders believe there is a third way, in which countries can profit from close economic ties with the EU without accepting its accession-related demands. This model, originally espoused by Serbia, is getting traction elsewhere in the region.

Nov 28, 2023 | carnegieendowment.org | Thomas de Waal |Dimitar Bechev |Carnegie Europe |Maksim Samorukov Fellow

project The Kremlin’s activist foreign policy is expanding Russian global influence at a time when the United States and other Western countries are increasingly divided or consumed by domestic problems.

Sep 21, 2023 | carnegieendowment.org | Central Europe |Carnegie Europe

project The European Democracy Hub was launched in 2021 as a joint initiative of Carnegie Europe and the European Partnership for Democracy. To continue to follow the project’s outputs, please visit: https://europeandemocracyhub.epd.eu. Each year, the European Democracy Hub publishes a review of European democracy support policies.