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Euroviews. Polish judges are showing their courage amid a crackdown on an independent judiciary ǀ View
“I feel like an entire machinery is against me,” Judge Monika Frąckowiak told me when I met her last month in the town of Poznań. “I will continue doing what I’m doing but I fear others might be silenced.”
Hungary
Euroviews. Judit Varga: Facts You Always Wanted to Know about Rule of Law but Never Dared to Ask ǀ View
For fear of sounding politically incorrect, many are reluctant to ask even the most basic questions about rule of law and its protection in the EU. So to help out, here are a few facts about the rule of law that you always wanted to know but never dared ask.
World News
Euroviews. An opportunity the United Nations and its Secretary-General must not miss ǀ View
Today’s fast-changing geopolitical landscape is creating an environment in which a return to the collective security system of the UN should be attractive to great and small powers alike. The Secretary-General must seize this opportunity.
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USA
Euroviews. GOP's constitutional objection to impeachment is objectively false — and alarming ǀ View
Some Republican lawmakers and pundits claim the president should be allowed to confront the intelligence community whistleblower whose complaint set off the current firestorm over Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. This argument is utterly preposterous.
Germany
Euroviews. Germany’s ‘gay conversion therapy’ ban must signal the end of the heinous practice in Europe ǀ View
Germany's move to ban controversial 'gay conversion therapy' must be the first step in a Europe-wide move to end the practice and its damaging effects on members of the LGBTQ community.
USA
Euroviews. The impeachment hearing eviscerates Trump and shows how he broke the rules of diplomacy ǀ View
In contrast to their day jobs promoting American interests, often through discrete conversations, Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, and Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for Europe, were asked to publicly testify against an administration and a president they continue to serve.
USA
Euroviews. Turkey's Erdogan is playing Trump at their White House meeting ǀ View
US President Donald Trump invited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to come to Washington Wednesday to demonstrate his dealmaking prowess. Instead, the meeting is only going to further erode the already strained relations between the two countries.
World News
Euroviews. A glass ceiling in male-dominated Big Tech is keeping innovating women from making their mark ǀ View
Far from being a safe haven where diverse voices can be heard and respected, new media platforms are often reflecting the worst prejudices of the older media when it comes to minorities - including women.
USA
Euroviews. Trump staffers have a choice: Loyalty and maybe prison, or betrayal and derision ǀ View
The emerging strategy of House Republicans to argue that WH advisers went rogue — without the authorization of Donald Trump — to press Ukraine to provide dirt on a political opponent puts Mick Mulvaney, John Eisenberg, Rudy Giuliani and others in a precarious and even life-changing dilemma.
Germany
Euroviews. George Soros: The rise of nationalism after the fall of the Berlin Wall ǀ View
The fall of the Berlin Wall dramatically and suddenly accelerated the collapse of communism in Europe. Thirty years later, the situation is very different. International cooperation has hit serious roadblocks, and nationalism became the dominant creed.
World News
Euroviews. A new EU-wide approach is needed to help wildlife rescue services at breaking point ǀ View
The wildlife rescue community in Europe is a vital resource that governments depend on when combatting wildlife crime and animal abuse. It is time for a renewed commitment from both member states and the EU to ensure they are recognised as such and given the support they need.
USA
Euroviews. Even local elections are now about Trump. That's bad for the GOP ǀ View
Races for a seat on the Loudoun County, Va., Board of Supervisors don’t usually attract national media coverage. Juli Briskman changed that on Tuesday. The former government contractor won a seat on the nine-member board in Virginia’s fourth-most populous county. By Wednesday she had appeared on CNN
USA
Euroviews. The US Congress’ recognition of the Armenian Genocide goes beyond trying to vex Turkey ǀ View
For years accused of being "gagged" by Turkey, a resolution adopted overwhelmingly by the US Congress to recognise the Armenian genocide goes beyond reacting to Turkish actions in northern Syria.
World News
Euroviews. Africa is embracing leadership to meet the local and global challenges of the 21st Century ǀ View
By 2025, half of Africa's population will be under 25. A demographic and technological explosion has to be met by constantly high rates of economic growth, better governance, more accountability and responsiveness - and Africa is delivering.
USA
Euroviews. Why the Trump family selling its D.C. hotel could actually add to ethical concerns ǀ View
Seeking profit and maybe legitimacy, President Donald Trump’s business announced at the end of October that it’s considering selling the lease to its imposing Washington hotel. This should not be taken as a sign of ethical self-awareness.