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European Union

What exactly is “vaccine nationalism,” and why is it a terrible idea?

Boyan Stanislavski
Commons
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The concept of "vaccine nationalism" is not widely understood. However, it has gained popularity among journalists and researchers who have been following the progress of Covid-19 vaccines. The United States and Israel, the two countries...

EU-wide citizens’ initiative demands abolition of patents on anti-pandemic vaccines

Vladimir Mitev
Commons
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The sentiment in the EU for the abolition of patents on coronavirus vaccines and against big pharmaceutical companies is increasing, after the spat between the EC and the COVID-19 vaccine producers over their insufficient production...

Bulgarian justice is a litmus test for developments in society

Vladimir Mitev
Analysis
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The Bulgarian judiciary has been at the centre of political talks and clashes for more than nine months since the protests began in the summer of 2020. They erupted after prosecutors stormed the president's office,...

The geopolitical vaccine war is caused by profit-making

Vladimir Mitev
China
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The spat between the EU and the UK over the shortfall of deliveries of AstraZeneca vaccines revealed a European Commission with an ugly face. The threat to activate Article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol,...

“The covid vaccine was created thanks to public money – let it be a public property!”

Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat
Citizens Movements
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The Left in the European Parliament officially supports the the European Citizens' Initiative No Profit on Pandemic for free and universal access to a Covid-19 vaccine and treatments for everyone. [caption id="attachment_3041" align="alignleft" width="450"] Marc Botenga (source: Wikimedia...

Italy and the dubious honor of chairing the G20

Roberto Savio
Analysis
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Italy has been given, for 2021, the Chairmanship of the Group of 20, which gather the 20 most important countries of the world. They represent, on paper, 60% of the world population, and 80% of...

Streeck: The European Union should unite democratic, sovereign nation-states

Noémi Lehoczki
Economy & finance
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This is an interview, which Noémi Lehoczki originally did for Merce (Hungary) with Wolfgang Streeck. He is a German economic sociologist, prolific author and emeritus director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne. Streeck's...

The most relevant 2020 events for EU enlargement in the Western Balkans

Miruna Butnaru-Troncotă
Albania
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After almost two decades of intense European integration efforts, democratic performance throughout the region has not yet acquired the expected positive dynamic. The Zagreb Summit from May 2020, the first such event organised only online...

The Romanian IT sector’s marvel of unionisation

Vladimir Mitev
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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The IT sector in Southeastern Europe might seem like a bit of an unconventional place for labour unionisation, as it offers usually well-paid jobs with high social status. But labour issues and possibility for improvement...

Hungarian Sexual Wars – Say No to Gay Marriage, Say Yes to Gay Orgy

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
European Union
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They say there are two types of conservatives: the ones that have been caught in very compromising sexual situations, and the ones that are going to get caught. The Hungarian MEP Jozsef Szajer belongs to...