Matt Rubenstein / 01 Jul 2019
Hard to Pin Down
The Greens and German Politics, Part I
At least German pollsters had gotten it right. There was no populist sweep of the country’s parliamentary seats in the 2019 EU elections.(...)
EPP
Johannes Simon / 13 May 2019
Too Much Money in Hungary
Germany’s Orbán Problem
European politics makes strange bedfellows. Take the European People’s Party (EPP), for example, the coalition of centre-right parties, which has good chances of winning the highest share of votes in the upcoming EU elections.(...)
Armin Langer / 13 Mar 2019
Dog-Whistle Antisemitism
The War on George Soros
The European People’s Party (EPP) has initiated a process that could remove Hungary’s governing Fidesz from the centre-right group. Twelve member parties requested the step, which will be voted on next week. “Viktor Orbán has crossed the red line,” said EPP President Joseph Daul.(...)