Portugal: General Election, January 2022
Antonio Costa’s Socialist Party won an unexpected outright majority in Portugal’s general election on 30 January 2022. The snap election followed a rejection of his minority government’s 2022 budget in…
50 Steps to 50 Years: 1972-1982
Fifty key moments during Ireland’s five decades in the European Union From the end of the marriage bar, the launch Erasmus, to joining the Euro, Ireland’s five-decade membership of the…
Roberta Metsola: Newly Elected European Parliament President
The newly elected President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, has an established career in EU affairs, both for her home country of Malta and more broadly in the EU.…
Bulgarian General Election November 2021
Facing their third general election in 2021, Bulgaria went to the polls on Sunday 14 November to attempt to end the political stalemate that first began with the April election.…
COP26 – A Step In The Right Direction
– ✍️ David Garrahy, Chair of the Brussels Branch of European Movement Ireland. COP26 has just ended and it seems the world has made some commitments on dealing with the…
The Rule of Law in the EU
At a time when the EU strives to defend the universal value of the rule of law globally, it is being undermined from within. Member States such as Hungary and…
What is Article 16?
The possibility of the UK government triggering Article 16 of the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland remains active. This Just the Facts examines Article 16 and what would happen…
Housing and the Future of Europe
– ✍️ Professor Padraic Kenna – NUI Galway Housing – or the challenges facing young people in accessing affordable housing, is emerging as one of the key issues for…
The Czech General Election 2021
Introduction Parliamentary elections in Czechia were held on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 October. This was the country’s tenth democratic election for the Chamber of Deputies since 1989 and the…
The German General Election 2021
On Sunday 26 September, Germany went to the polls in the country’s ninth federal election since reunification in 1990, to elect MPs to the Bundestag. It was an election defined by the departure of Angela Merkel after…