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2020

6/2020
An Article 19 Mechanism to save the rule of law in the EU
05 August 2020
5/2020
Beyond the silent cash-machine – smart solidarity
27 April 2020
4/2020
A Mitsotakis Plan – who needs to act?
03 April 2020
3/2020
Aegean Plan 2.0 – preventing a disaster in the times of Corona
20 March 2020
2/2020
The Gambia Plan – Beyond empty words and threats: how a breakthrough is possible
17 February 2020
1/2020
Hamster in the Wheel – Credibility and EU Balkan policy
16 January 2020

2019

7/2019
How the rule of law dies … is this possible inside the EU?
16 December 2019
6/2019
Coup de grâce – Delors and squaring the circle – Norway in the Balkans
26 October 2019
5/2019
Gambia Plan – win-win with Africa – the 11th commandment
29 July 2019
4/2019
L'hypnotiseur – La Macédoine du Nord, cet été
28 April 2019
4/2019
The Hypnotist – North Macedonia this summer – In Memoriam Dejan
28 April 2019
3/2019
Tolstoy, Causes, Poland and the Aegean
15 April 2019
2/2019
Najbardziej niezbezpieczny polityk w Polsce – spuścizna Junkera
04 April 2019
1/2019
Poland's most dangerous politician – Juncker's legacy
27 March 2019

2018

9/2018
Human rights with teeth (I) – Battle of Europe
08 December 2018
8/2018
Red Lines, Rotten Apples and human rights in 2019
19 November 2018
7/2018
Dark twins – Viktor, Matteo and the Drowning of Europe
16 August 2018
6/2018
Win-Win for Europe: Defending democracy in the Balkans – and in Poland
22 June 2018
5/2018
European tragedy – the collapse of Poland's Rule of law
29 May 2018
4/2018
Spring cleaning – the corruption report on the Council of Europe is out
23 April 2018
3/2018
Making history? Macedonia and Elysium
04 April 2018
2/2018
Macron, Italy and the mirage of mass return
18 March 2018
1/2018
Balkan crises, imagined and real: Bosnian elections – PISA gap
31 January 2018

2017

11/2017
Houses of Cards – Post-truth politics from Skopje to Strasbourg
27 December 2017
10/2017
Wine, dog food and Bosnia clichés – why they matter
05 November 2017
9/2017
Deadly failure – Rome Plan – From Russia with Threats
21 July 2017
8/2017
Der Rom Plan – ESI und die Getriebenen in Berlin
20 June 2017
7/2017
The phoenix and the black knight in Strasbourg – three things to do now
05 June 2017
6/2017
Death penalty in Turkey – Illusions in Europe
16 May 2017
5/2017
Merchants of Doubt or investigating Corruption
21 April 2017
4/2017
Open letter to PACE members: backing Sawicki – how to investigate corruption in Strasbourg
27 March 2017
3/2017
The Malta Plan – a humane EU border and asylum policy is possible
03 February 2017
2/2017
Three days that shook Strasbourg – human rights and corruption
27 January 2017
1/2017
The FIFA of human rights – beyond lip-service on anti-corruption
18 January 2017

2016

8/2016
A European swamp – corruption and human rights
17 December 2016
7/2016
Fire in the Aegean – Scenario of failure – How to succeed
11 October 2016
6/2016
The most dangerous Wizard in the EU
07 October 2016
5/2016
Sailing in the dark – 300 with a mission – Visa, terror and the Aegean refugee agreement
19 May 2016
4/2016
How the Merkel Plan could fail – and why this would be terrible for human rights
17 March 2016
3/2016
Idomeni proposal – Bosnia and the first circle of hell – Upcoming events on refugees
11 March 2016
2/2016
Refugee crisis – a breakthrough is possible
19 February 2016
1/2016
A race of plans – Samsom versus Orban – Five steps – Montenegro exodus
08 February 2016

2015

14/2015
Getting results? How muddled thinking prolongs the refugee crisis
14 December 2015
13/2015
Türkiye Almanya'ya Neden Yardım Etmeli – Avrupa'da Aşırı Sağ Tehdidi
12 December 2015
12/2015
Accession revolution in Brussels – a new flagship – Usain Bolt and the quality of statistics
09 November 2015
11/2015
Merkel in Ankara – Fences that kill – A safe third country
18 October 2015
10/2015
The Merkel Plan – A proposal for the Syrian refugee crisis
04 October 2015
9/2015
Refugees as a means to an end – The EU's most dangerous man
24 September 2015
8/2015
Saving lives in the Aegean – Teaching war in School
18 September 2015
7/2015
On the brink in Greece – the vote today
05 July 2015