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The EU, a dethroned Prince?

The EU, a dethroned Prince?

Il Ponte Magazine
ECONOMICS, EDITORIAL, OPINION, SOCIETY, POLITICS

Markus Formel

A year ago the European project was heading for the first place in the echelons of the world of politics. The United Chaos of Donald Trump and the never-ending Brexit talks with the United Kingdom resulted in a power-vacuum of the standard superpowers, which the EU was happy to replace. However, the first dents in the European tent had started to appear. The bleak response to the Hong Kong security law and the Uighur deportations only raised the finger of European diplomats, with few condemning tweets and press releases. The poisoning of Alexey Navalny and his detention and sentence of 3.5 years is, as of today, only being met with a raised finger, press releases and threat of sanctions.

Europe's Second Pandemic

Europe's Second Pandemic

Il Ponte Magazine
EDITORIAL, POLITICS, ECONOMICS

Markus Formel

Europe has a problem. The sickness of political unwillingness to reform, even slightly, has put us on our deathbed. The indebtedness of large European economies, with the largest political leverage - France, Italy, Spain, has combined dangerously with a wide dislike for reforms. Europe needs to solve this on the local level and the European level, or it will perish. European unwillingness to change was demonstrated long before the Corona-crisis.