๐ญ๐บ As the prime minister-designate of Hungary Pรฉter Magyar just announced the first ministers of his government, let's deep dive into the reasons of Viktor Orbรกn's defeat. A TEPSA Commentary by Andrea รltetล, from our Hungarian member Institute of World Economics CERS โ๏ธ
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๐ช๐บ enlargement has not always happened for the same reasons. A โbig bangโ of enlargement in 1990-2004, then the protracted approach, before moving towards geopolitical enlargement since 2022.
๐ช This #InvigoratEU report analyses the factors on the variation of EU strategy ๐
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The event will also present the Nets4Dem Democratic Innovation Awards to recognise and celebrate democratic innovations developed with support from Nets4Dem ๐
๐ก๏ธ How to strengthen democracy from within?
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As the ๐ช๐บ prepared for its largest enlargement to date, it appears to have neglected its relations with Africa. As a result, some countries, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo๐จ๐ฉ , have turned to China๐จ๐ณ
Watch the full #EuropeChats episode ๐
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Discussions on the Democratic Republic of the Congo๐จ๐ฉ often focus to its mines and its coveted raw materials, but it also hosts one of the largest biodiversity and oxygen reserve on the planet, according to Colette Braeckman โฌ๏ธ
Watch the full #EuropeChats episode ๐
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FcB...
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Co-organised with @eurocities.eu, the conference will explore how governments can cooperate to create resilient democracies๐ค Join us on 5 May ๐ eurocities.idloom.events/Nets4Dem_con...
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๐ก๏ธ How to make critical infrastructure resilient? Finland, the Baltic States and Ukraine found creative and efficient solutions to what is now a ๐ช๐บ-level issue.
Read about them in this #InvigoratEU policy brief ๐ zenodo.org/records/1845...
Yesterday, TEPSA was at the @europarl.europa.eu workshop on the Global Europe Instrument, the principal financial instrument for external actions.
Prof Annamaria La Chimia presented the initial findings of her paper, coordinated by TEPSA. Watch here๐ multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
LAST DAY TO APPLYโผ๏ธOur Director of Programmes vacancy will close at midnight ๐
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๐จ Register for the final conference of the #Nets4Dem project, organised by TEPSA and @eurocities.euโผ๏ธ
๐ How can we turn civic engagement into democratic resilience? Find out at this high-level event, taking place in Brussels on 5 May 2026.
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Yesterday, TEPSA's @mariam-k.bsky.social, Lucia Mokra, and @iaionline.bsky.social @nicolettapirozzi.bsky.social presented the TEPSA Book series "Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals" at @collegeofeurope.bsky.social๐
Find out more about the book & future editions ๐ tepsa.eu/book-on-the-...
โ "Orbรกn had aggressive campaign tactics, built on war hysteria and a highly conflictual relationship with the European Union. They did not succeed."
๐ญ๐บ Our new TEPSA Commentary, written by Andrea รltetล, gives an insight into yesterday's elections โก๏ธ tepsa.eu/analysis/his...
Calling all our friends in Croatia๐ญ๐ท!
๐ฐ Explore the impact of disinformation on society and develop practical skills for analysing media content by joining the #ChangingTIDE Media Literacy Incubator in Zagreb on 15 May!
Are you between 18 and 30? Make sure to apply by April 26 ๐
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How did the EU miss opportunities with Central Africa in the last few decades? How did Rwanda face both reconciliation & economic growth?๐
@lesoir.be Colette Braeckman discussed these topics with Jim Cloos in our #EuropeChats.
Available on Spotify ๐ง
open.spotify.com/episode/5cDG...
๐ณ๏ธ The upcoming Hungarian elections represent a democratic turning point for Europe ๐ญ๐บ Under Viktor Orbรกn, the country has suffered from significant democratic backsliding ๐ Can the EU be democratic if its members aren'tโ
Find the answer in #EUDemocracyExplained๐ youtu.be/e3Eb1oL6Sj8
๐ Convergence on EU social law and policy is key for candidates to EU accession. That's why the InvigoratEU project developed the Social Acquis Compliance Scoreboard, designed to monitor the annual progress of 7 countries: ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ช ๐ฒ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐ช ๐ฒ๐ฐ ๐ท๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ ๐
Report and dataset by @ethz.ch ๐
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The @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social is looking for a new director ๐ผ
Based in London, the CER covers European politics, economics and security as well as the ๐ช๐บ-๐ฌ๐ง relationship.
Apply by 22 May โคต๏ธ
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New #EuropeChats ๐จ We have just launched Ep.3๏ธโฃ3๏ธโฃ of our EuropeChats series! TEPSA's Jim Cloos sat down with Colette Braeckman, Journalist @lesoir.be, to discuss her career in journalism and the politics of Central Africa ๐ฌ
Watch it here ๐
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FcB...
Our #EuropeChats discussion on Central Africa's history and politics is about to end.
Stay tuned for more in the coming weeks:
๐ฝ๏ธ Highlight clips from the discussion
๐ค Podcast edition over on #Spotify and other leading podcatchers
๐ก And more episodes yet to come!
๐ youtu.be/6FcBrxxrAMg?...
Can Europe be a model for regional cooperation in Africa? This is the question that Jim Cloos asked journalist Colette Braeckman during our #EuropeChats discussion โฌ๏ธ
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"After the genocide, #Rwanda held the gacaca courts. The community gathered, citizens spoke together and explained what happened, who did what, and so on, under the eye of the whole community."
- Colette Braeckman on the concept of restorative justice โก๏ธ youtu.be/6FcBrxxrAMg?... #EuropeChats
On EU-Africa relations, Jim Cloos argues that the EU often 'preaches' too much, instead of building an effective and meaningful relationship with African countries.
Watch the #EuropeChats on YouTube ๐ youtu.be/6FcBrxxrAMg?...
"African countries have more to offer than all those material resources. It has also the biodiversity, the forest. We should go further in the exchange of experience, listen to the citizens, & learn how to preserve the forest & treat nature," says Colette.
๐ youtu.be/6FcBrxxrAMg?...
#EuropeChats
"I think the colonial heritage is still there and the story of the relations with Europe and Africa is a series of missed opportunities."
- Journalist Colette Braeckman reflects on EU-Africa relations in our #EuropeChats ๐ youtu.be/6FcBrxxrAMg?...
"Cooperation with Africa is absolutely vital for Europe [...] But, at the same time, I have the impression that there are missed opportunities and we do not always understand each other."
As the discussion moves to Africa, Jim Cloos asks about the relationship with Europe๐ youtu.be/6FcBrxxrAMg?...
"Good stories are often found next door [...] it's not a matter of distance but one of curiosity. Nowadays, journalists think that everything can be found in a computer, but that's not enough," Colette Braeckman reflects on the changes in the journalism sector โ๏ธ
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"I wanted to travel and to write, and the only combination of the two was to become a journalist. My mother said 'this is not a job for a woman', but I wanted to do it and that's it."
- Colette Braeckman reflects on her career in journalism during our #EuropeChats
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