• Centralization of Media • Scenario 1⃣ from the latest
@VisegradInsight
report on Information Sovereignty in
#CEE
, based on the
#media
freedom declining trend in
#V4
& estimating the consequences of gov't takeover of
#information
sphere. Full report ➡️
One cannot underestimate the element of joyful disobedience with which middle-aged Central Europeans sit behind their computers to politically rebel.
#DemocraCE
Watch out for fake narratives. Trust verified sources only
@Europarl_EN
@Europarl_HU
@Europarl_PL
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and says it's not a duck it must be a Russian duck
The
#Polishelection
was unfair, designed so that the government would win, but they didn't. Pro-democracy movements will study this victory for a long time, says
@anneapplebaum
.
👇 This interview by
@wprzybylski
is free to read - click the link 👇
Editor-in-Chief
@wprzybylski
speaks with
@TRTWorldNow
:
"Migrants are being accepted and hosted by families in Poland—people give their homes, give shelter under their own roof. But this is only the first wave—the worst is yet to come."
See more here:
🇪🇺 👉 The next five years will be the make-or-break moment for the
#European
promise to ensure
#peace
,
#stability
and
#prosperity
.
Our new Strategic Foresight Report is Out!
🎆 Free to Read 🎆 - Click the link below to read and download the report👇
#Hungary
: 70% of Hungarian Academy budget centralised under direct control of the ministry. Freedom of research in jeopardy.
Read the new
#DemocraCE
article by
@ZgutEdit
, "Orbán’s Next Victim: the Hungarian Science Academy":
@milann_sk
@matisaksk
Hungary and Poland aren’t democratic. They’re authoritarian.
Central Europe’s populist revolt against the EU isn’t about safeguarding the West. It’s about rolling back freedoms and cozying up to Russia
.
@JSiksnis
: Compared to 2010, the support for public media among Latvian population has increased by 12.2 percentage points. The population is convinced that other media would not be able to substitute the public service media
#DemocraCE
🇹🇼 🇺🇦 🇨🇳 *Free to read*
👉Ukraine's history with China never incorporated Taiwan. After the Russian invasion, Beijing turned its head while Taipei lent a hand.👈
A new article from Future of Ukraine Fellow
@portnikov
on
@VisegradInsight
🎙Podcast: Avoiding a Forever War in Ukraine w/
@lukecooper100
on the idea of a ‘long war’ in Ukraine risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy
Listen here:
Conference: State of Hungary A week-long online conference Feb 28 - 3 March 2022
The idea of this conference is to put the debate on the future of 🇭🇺 in the context of the global struggle between democracy and autocracy with actual players behind(🇨🇳🇷🇺🇺🇸🇪🇺)
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine—How Nine Central and Eastern European Countries Will Respond
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@herszenhorn
@dkaleniuk
@Andrew__Roth
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🇺🇸🇩🇪🇫🇷🇵🇱Why Polish Leaders' US trip matters to Europeans. Tuesday's visit to Washington will be followed by an emergency Weimar leaders meeting today
Read 👉
The system of agricultural subsidies was taken over by mobsters and blackmailers at our Central European neighbours. How high a price will the Polish farmer have to pay for it?
#DemocraCE
Polish politicians must remember that they are dealing with a rather peculiar set of political partners.
Read the new article by
@wprzybylski
for the
#DemocraCE
project about the embattled Czech Prime Minister and his relationships with Poland and Russia:
The ‘Dialogue’ Between Belgrade and Pristina by Jovan Jovanovic
The dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo has recently entered its twelfth year. Is it doomed to another long-term ‘provisional solution’?
Shifting is always possible between regimes: a democratic system can also be transformed into an autocratic system & reverse is also true as we saw in 1989 across Central Europe
@botidoki
for
@jezsuita_kiado
part of
#DemocraCE
project by
@VisegradInsight
Moscow and Budapest are teaming up to spread their disinformation narratives. The implications for democratic security are alarming, writes Dorka Takácsy
#DemocracyUnderThreat
CLICK TO READ:
Turns out we had a timely launch 🚀 …
... on 18/3 the
@EU_Commission
announced its new plan for Eastern Partnership beyond 2020
➽ Check our 16/3
#EasternEuropeanFutures
report
#EaP2030
…
...to know what EC missed in theirs 🤔:
#Slovakia
#DemocraCE
Political mobilization of socialist nostalgia, the feeling of a lost paradise, is commonly used by populists. R.Fico excelled in this art w/ 2012 electoral slogan: People deserve certainty! In Slovak
@denniksme
'The entire region is divided into six Euroregions, and a total budget for this territory is worth 40 million EUR'. Read the latest 'When a Border is not a Barrier' by
@ZabaNatalia
as part of
#DemocraCE
at
• Central Europe's
#youth
does not engage with political parties, new studies show. Recent wave of protests across the region show that their political engagement happens via different avenues. Listen to our podcast with
@PapaZuz
from
@NDI
:
#EU
leaders seem hesitant to match declarations of support for Ukraine with determined action to deliver what is necessary to bring the war to a conclusion..., writes
@wprzybylski
Read an article by clicking below, free until the end of the week 👇
• Current
#protests
against total abortion ban in
#Poland
could be the defining moment for the political consciousness of the country’s youngest generation. Coarse
#wypierdalac
=fuck off and
#jebacpis
=fuck
#PiS
are banner slogans:
Aliaksei Kazharski: Those who are trying to keep the
#Hungary
government at bay (this includes the
#EU
), should clearly distinguish between ideology and democratic institutions and procedures". The full text read at
#DemocraCE
@DanielHegedus82
@wprzybylski
👉 The European Union summit ended with a qualified success as Hungary dropped its threat to veto the start of accession talks with Ukraine, but...
👇 Click below to read all the
#WeeklyOutlook
After 30 years, Bulgarian politics requires the reinvention of checks and balances, the division of powers and judiciary independence - writes
@DomaradzkiSpas
• Join us this Thursday, May 27 at 4PM CET/10AM ET for a discussion on CEE countries' policies towards
#Israel
with experts
@joannadyduch
and
@GMeseznikov
.
Event organised in partnership with
@AJC_CE
Register now:
After numerous attacks on gas infrastructure, especially in the Baltic Sea, the West must act collectively to shore up defences and create a coherent security policy focused on energy independence, says Zsuzsanna Szabó
@suzannna_sz
👇 Click the link👇
15 February 1991 - creation of
#Visegr
ádGroup
#V4
- a cultural and political alliance of 4
#CentralEuropean
states 🇨🇿 🇭🇺 🇵🇱 🇸🇰 for the purposes of advancing military, cultural, economic and energy cooperation with one another along with furthering their integration in the
#EU
.
EVENT: Future of 🇺🇦 Fellowship - The Untold Stories kick-off event w/ our three fellows
@portnikov
Christine Karelska and Bohdan Bernatskyi
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"Some politicians are trying to redefine what journalism is". -
@BalogovaBeata
said in the interview with
@wprzybylski
. "Essentially, they are trying to deny the role of the press as one of the most important estates of democracy"
#DemocraCE
This year the negotiations about the next Multiannual Financial Framework (
#MFF
) will enter a critical moment.
Read the entire
#report
here:
#FuturesForum
#EUbudget
The growing support for eurosceptics will mobilise pro-European parties for joint actions, which is why one should expect an enlargement of the grand coalition with the liberals from
@ALDEgroup
and
@GreensEP
', -
@wprzybylski
for
#DemocraCE
project. More at
We are building deeper alliances in our region because we are finding out who we can count on in times of need
@sikorskiradek
.
Click to read the interview⤵️ by
@wprzybylski
.
The horrific crimes of the war are possible today because, in Russia-dominated Eastern Europe, the question of evil has been forgotten, writes
@yermolenko_v
.
*No paywall* - Click the link to read an essay by our new Future of Ukraine.👇
The
#coronavirus
map of
#Europe
makes one thing clear: the richer nations of western Europe have suffered more from the virus than countries in the eastern half of the
#EU
, almost without exceptions.
via:
@guardian
➡️
• Over the last decade,
#LGBTI
-equality has become a benchmark of liberal democracies. Both autocracies and democracies use it to determine a country’s geopolitical orientation by
@RemyBonny
👉 👇
"This bill goes further than that – it assumes the Poles’ complete innocence, framing them as the only guiltless nation in Europe. This is not the way to reclaim Poland’s collective dignity. All is not yet lost."
Returnees would not agree to work for the minimum wage, but will instead create or embed themselves in new industries which will create different, higher added value jobs and will furthermore bring
#West
work culture. A new
#DemocraCE
artcile at
#DemocraCE