#Politics

The Biden era begins. Calvo-Quirós (sociologist): “We inherit a deeply splintered and divided nation”

“President Biden, and with him all the rest of us, inherit a deeply splintered and divided nation facing a multitude…

EU Parliament. Sakharov Prize. Tsikhanouskaya, “without a free Belarus, Europe is not free either”

EU Parliament: Sacharov prize. Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian opposition leader: “25 arrests per hour. Don’t turn a blind eye”

Covid-19 and consecrated life. Fr. Arturo Sosa (Jesuits): “Democracy could become a victim of the pandemic”

“In many nations the pandemic has become a pretext to exacerbate governments’ authoritarian attitudes and halt the democratic nature of…

EU Parliament: plenary to discuss response to COVID-19, EU vaccination strategy, Brexit and future relations with UK

Brexit: ahead with negotiations. Stuart (Univ. of Nottingham) to SIR, “Johnson’s premiership in the balance” between pandemic and Brexit

Brexit: ahead with negotiations. Stuart (Univ. of Nottingham) to SIR, “agreement ready, but still divergences. No deal would spell economic disaster for UK”

EU Commission: Single Digital Gateway to be launched tomorrow “to promote online access to public services across Europe”

Europe is present, the money will be disbursed. Political integration is on track again

The European Council saw its 27 members united in the response to the pandemic, with a total recovery package of…

European Council: Sassoli, “unprecedented pandemic, 2020 in history books”. To governments, stop delaying MFF and Recovery Fund

Romania: decreasing voter turnout and a few surprises. Elections fail to untie political knots

Election results show no clear winner with a near tie between the centre-right and centre-left coalitions. Ongoing talks between political…