Zsuzsanna Végh

Oct 9, 2024 | ecfr.eu | Jeremy Shapiro |Zsuzsanna Végh

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Jul 18, 2024 | welt.de | Zsuzsanna Végh

May 24, 2024 | greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Zsuzsanna Végh |Filipe Henriques |Florian Ranft |Johanna Siebert

In recent years, Germany has blocked attempts to deepen European integration and strengthen EU-wide environmental regulations. How has the country with the greatest responsibility – and the most incentives – to “act European” turned into an obstacle to effective EU policymaking? Since the coalition government of Social Democrats (SPD), Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), and Liberals (FDP) took office in 2021, Germany has not played a particularly constructive role in EU decision-making.

May 16, 2024 | intellinews.com | Zsuzsanna Végh

By Zsuzsanna Végh in Berlin #Orban #populism #Hungary #Magyar The EU has set up the Ukraine Facility that is backed with the recently approved four-year €50bn support package that will provide funds for Ukraine’s reconstruction amongst other things. Exorbitant international B2B payment transfers are a barrier to cross-border trade for enterprises in the Western Balkans, a World Bank analysis shows.

Nov 30, 2023 | tol.org | Zsuzsanna Végh

The new Slovak government seems a natural pro-Kremlin ally for Hungary. But there is still time for the EU, member states, and Ukraine to get Fico onside. From ECFR. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico seem natural allies on Ukraine. During this autumn’s election campaign, Fico echoed baseless Russian propaganda about Ukraine being a “Nazi state” and called for an end to Slovak military support for Kyiv.