Tag Archives: Poland

Left with questions

Posted on 21 November 2012 by

I’m at conference on the Future of the Left in Central Europe in Prague co-organised by CESTA, one of the Czech Republic’s few centre-left thinktanks, and the German SPD’s Ebert Foundation, having been to an academic workshop on a similar … Continue reading →

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Difficult Hungarian lesson

Posted on 29 December 2011 by

The constitutional and institutional changes pushed through by Hungary’s ruling conservative-national Fidesz party following its emphatic election victory in April 2010 have attracted increasing coverage – and almost enirely negative -  from academic and journalistic observers of Central European politic, … Continue reading →

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Eurozone politics: Black, no sugar

Posted on 16 December 2011 by

 The European Council for Foreign Relations stages a Black Coffee Morning event on European Politics after the EU Summit. I have mine white, but from the general tone of the discussion among thinktankers, politicians and journos the prospects for the … Continue reading →

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Poland’s elections: Eyes down

Posted on 22 September 2011 by

As in 2007 Poland’s parliamentary elections in two weeks are being followed mainly as a battle between the (now incumbent) liberal Civic Platform (PO) and the conservative-national Law and Justice (PiS), which despite modest electoral revival has been on the … Continue reading →

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