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and discuss with Borjan Gjuzelov, Jelena Pejic Nikic, Anamarija Velinovska, Zoran Necev & yours truly how #RuleofLaw resilience resources and stress factors shape #EUEnlargement.
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Don't forget to join us on
📆March 12, Thursday
⏰ 3:00 pm CET / 10:00 am EDT
and discuss with Borjan Gjuzelov, Jelena Pejic Nikic, Anamarija Velinovska, Zoran Necev & yours truly how #RuleofLaw resilience resources and stress factors shape #EUEnlargement.
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📢New on Ballhausplatz 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇭🇺👇
The arrest of seven Ukrainian nationals in Hungary has sharply intensified the already fraught relationship between Budapest and Kyiv, with far-reaching potential consequences for the Hungarian election campaign.
ballhausplatz.substack.com/p/seven-arre...
📢New on Ballhausplatz 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇭🇺👇
The arrest of seven Ukrainian nationals in Hungary has sharply intensified the already fraught relationship between Budapest and Kyiv, with far-reaching potential consequences for the Hungarian election campaign.
ballhausplatz.substack.com/p/seven-arre...
Seven Arrests and a Pipeline: Unprecedented Escalation in the Political Conflict between #Hungary and #Ukraine, by @danielhegedus.bsky.social. ballhausplatz.substack.com/p/seven-arre...
How resilient is the rule of law in EU accession countries?
Join the virtual launch of the #RESILIOACCESS Snapshots — analyses on resilience resources, stress factors & democratic resilience in the EU enlargement context.
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How should the EU and Ukraine address Orbán’s veto threats and avoid a fallout with the desperate and wounded strongman in Budapest?
A short read for the weekend at my Substack #Ballhausplatz.
open.substack.com/pub/ballhaus...
How should the EU and Ukraine address Orbán’s veto threats and avoid a fallout with the desperate and wounded strongman in Budapest?
A short read for the weekend at my Substack #Ballhausplatz.
open.substack.com/pub/ballhaus...
What does illiberalism actually look like across Europe - in parties, voters, and institutions?
The new @authlibeu.bsky.social Country Papers, edited by the ✨ @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social, provide one of the most systematic comparative mappings to date.
www.authlib.eu/country-pape... 🧵👇
Hungary’s Election Heats Up: Ukraine, the EU and Trump
#Orbán sharpens his anti-Ukraine and anti-EU tone — with Trump’s backing in the mix. What does it mean for the opposition? Euronews asked #Hungary expert @danielhegedus.bsky.social.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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Check out my piece published by @euobserver.com.
👉 euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
@gmfus.bsky.social
@iep-berlin.de
@ceudeminst.bsky.social
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... potentially influences U.S. behavior by shaping its cost–benefit calculations.
This can be achieved if the crisis is used as a strategic trigger to reinvigorate the Nordic enlargement of the European Union.
Some thoughts before today's informal EUCO.
THREAD 1/3
Rather than remaining merely reactive, the EU should approach the Greenland crisis within NATO in a way that strengthens its own geopolitical posture, improves Arctic security, and ...
Thank you, Gesine—truly kind of you.
I hope we can continue some of our long discussions, and that we will have the opportunity to cooperate closely on European security in the future.
Thank you, Gwen!
I’m excited to share that from February 1 I’ll be joining the Institute für Europäische Politik @iep-berlin.de as its new Deputy Director.
I’m very much looking forward to working with the fantastic IEP team and to engaging closely with partners in the Berlin bubble, across Europe, and beyond.
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👉You can check out my paper following the link above.
www.authlib.eu/policy-paper...
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• a reform of the OECD Official Development Assistance (ODA) system, including the separation of ODA and democracy, human rights, and governance (DRG) spending targets, and the removal of existing ODA eligibility criteria for DRG expenditures.
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• future-proofing EU civil society support through diversification and the extension of the European Endowment for Democracy’s mandate to include grantmaking within the EU itself;
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• complementing targeted support for vulnerable groups with a robust whole-of-society approach to democratic resilience;
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Regarding my recommendations, I argue for:
• a strengthened enforcement approach by the European Commission against anti–civil society legislation, including the application of established judicial tests to trigger requests for interim measures;
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characterized by anti–civil society legislation, the rise of illiberal actors, anti–civil society cooperation between the center-right and the far right in the European Parliament, and challenges stemming from the adversarial turn of the United States.
📢How to Better Protect and Support Civil Society in the EU?
In frame of the @authlibeu.bsky.social project, I put pen to paper to explore how the EU should address the complex threat landscape facing European civil society,
THREAD 1/7
www.authlib.eu/policy-paper...
@gmfus.bsky.social
📢 How do illiberal actors shrink democratic space in the EU—and what can be done?
Join our @authlibeu.bsky.social panel discussion on media freedom, civil society & gender equality with Mila Moshelova, Konrad Bleyer-Simon & Zsuzsanna Vegh
📅 Jan 20, 2026 15:00 CET
RSVP www.authlib.eu/shrinking-sp...
📢 How do illiberal actors shrink democratic space in the EU—and what can be done?
Join our @authlibeu.bsky.social panel discussion on media freedom, civil society & gender equality with Mila Moshelova, Konrad Bleyer-Simon & Zsuzsanna Vegh
📅 Jan 20, 2026 15:00 CET
RSVP www.authlib.eu/shrinking-sp...
📢 How do illiberal actors shrink democratic space in the EU—and what can be done?
Join our discussion on media freedom, civil society & gender equality with @ksimon.bsky.social @danielhegedus.bsky.social & Mila Moshelova
🗓️ Jan 20, 2026 | 🕒 15:00 CET
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If this sounds intriguing, keep an eye out for the forthcoming paper. Stay tuned.
