The European Council on 14-15 December will have a very dense and packed agenda. In terms of security and geopolitics, there is no indication currently that the Gaza war will have been terminated. Rather, an escalation of the conflict is feared with more humanitarian suffering and pleas for help. The European response to the ongoing […]

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Marija Pejčinović Burić, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, discusses what she calls the democratic backsliding in many areas and explains why it is important to recognize that there have also been positive developments in some member states.

EU Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, discusses the Union’s emphasis on defending democracy in all its foreign initiatives, climate change, a renewed interest in the Sahel region and even the past economic woes that plagued Greece. by Maria Vasileiou Ta Nea Democracy is backsliding in the EU. A report by the Secretary General of the […]