After a lengthy Covid-induced delay, Vladimir Putin’s ‘nationwide vote’ on a package of amendments to the Russian constitution will finally take place later this week. From June 25 to July 1 Russian voters will be able to say Yes or No to a series of changes affecting areas such as religion, patriotism, marriage, education and […]
The year is young, but already the new European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, has faced several challenges to her ambition to head a “geopolitical” administration. The EU’s response to events in Iran has fallen short of the Commission’s commitment to be more involved and responsive to international events and crises. Despite von der […]
If Brussels did not have enough on its plate with the prospect of a No Deal Brexit, preparations for its new institutional cycle and long-term budget negotiations, there is now a political crisis in Italy, one of the EU’s founding members. The populist coalition between the Five Star Movement and the Lega managed to stay […]
