Deník N: Turning East, breaking off cooperation. How Slovakia's elections could change the direction of the country
Kristína Chlebáková, our project manager, commented in an article for Deník N on the upcoming parliamentary elections in Slovakia. The elections will take place at the end of September and may change the foreign policy orientation of Slovakia. Some political parties, including the biggest favourite, former Prime Minister Robert Fico's Smer - Social Democracy party, are campaigning on refusing aid to Ukraine, being friendly to Russia and attacking the EU and the US.
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INVITATION | Shaping our Digital Future: Tackling Disinformation in the EU, case of Central and Eastern Europe
We cordially invite you to the conference entitled Shaping our Digital Future: Tackling Disinformation in the EU, case of Central and Eastern Europe. The conference will take place on Monday 27 March from 16:30 to 18:45 at the Thon Hotel EU, Rue de la Loi 75 1000 Brussels.
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RTVS: Slovenia will have a new president. What decided the victory of Natasha Pirc Musar?
Nataša Pirc Musar won Sunday's second round of the presidential election, receiving 54% of the votes. She defeated her rival, former Foreign Minister Andrej Logar. Musar will replace current president Borut Pahor, who has been unable to run for two terms. Our analyst Žiga Faktor, head of the Brussels office, also commented on the situation.
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ČRo: Giorgia Meloni is very likely to become Italy's new Prime Minister
As expected, Italians chose the right in the early elections. According to commentators, the winner of the election is clearly the Brothers of Italy party, whose leader Giorga Meloni has already announced that she is ready to govern. Our research associate Alexandr Lagazzi also analysed this topic for Český rozhlas.
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EU MONITOR: Putin's Disinformation & Misinformation Campaign
Disinformation and misinformation have been amplified in the digital age. In order to combat their increasing presence in our everyday lives, we have to first educate ourselves on what disinformation is. In this post, Jakub Ferencik looks at this question in some detail, primarily by analyzing Vladimir Putin’s usage of disinformation in politics.
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EU MONITOR: Putin's Disinformation & Misinformation Campaign
V současném digitálním světě se dezinformace šíří čím dál tím více. Abychom mohli bojovat proti jejich rostoucímu výskytu v našem každodenním životě, musíme se nejprve poučit o tom, co jsou dezinformace. V tomto příspěvku se Jakub Ferenčík na tuto otázku dívá poměrně podrobně, především na základě analýzy využívání dezinformací Vladimirem Putinem v politice.
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BLOG: French elections amidst the French Presidency – a reflection of the impact of the French Presidential campaign
Esteban Gas has written a blog about the French elections that took place during the French presidency. While Macron’s re-election at a glance enables another term of continuation of the existing French agenda in the Union, the tightening of the gap between the far-right and Macron will have to be acknowledged politically in the years to come and might affect the EU.
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Policy Paper: EU’s Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising: Good Intentions but Clarifications and Amendments still Needed
A Policy Paper on transparency and targeting of political advertising in the EU was produced during a study visit to the Brussels office of Think Visegrad. The author of the paper, Karolína Klingová, focuses on the development of information technologies, including social media platforms with the possibility of micro-targeted campaigns, which have rapidly changed the concept of political communication and electoral campaigning.
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SWP: Between change and continuity: European expectations towards Czech and German EU policies after the 2021 elections
For the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Žiga Faktor, Director of our Brussels office, and Zuzana Stuchlíková, Research Associate at EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, co-authored an article on the European expectations of the Czech and German governments' European policy.
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The Czech Prime Minister seeks to renew the old anti-migration strategy and misinformation campaigns in re-election bid.
In her blog article, our intern Agathe Helluin focuses on Czech politics, particularly on Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and his style of political campaigning, which includes topics such as migration.
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