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Analyses |
| Wojciech Górecki
The protests in Tbilisi which have been ongoing since 20 June have revealed the potential for discontent in Georgian society; the public has been disillusioned by the country’s bad economic and social situation (high unemployment, rising…
Analyses |
| Marta Szpala
On 24 June, Albania’s Electoral College announced that the local election would be held as planned on 30 June this year. It thus supported the decision of the Central Election Commission (CEC) that the decree of President Ilir Meta…
Analyses |
| Marta Szpala, Ryszarda Formuszewicz
On 18th June the Council of the European Union again postponed the decision to open accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia. Procedural questions linked with Germany’s failure to take a position were the official reason for…
Analyses |
| Mateusz Chudziak
On 23 June, the re-run election for mayor of Istanbul was won by Ekrem İmamoğlu, the candidate of the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), with 54.21% of the vote. His main rival Binali Yıldırım, from the ruling Justice and…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
On 14 June the ruling Democratic Party of Moldova (PDM), controlled by the oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc, officially announced that it would move into opposition. At the same time the government of Prime Minister Pavel Filip (one of Plahotniuc’…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Dębiec, Jakub Groszkowski
At the turn of June, the European Commission sent the Czech Republic draft versions of reports on two audits which show that the country’s prime minister, Andrej Babiš, has been violating national and EU law on conflicts of interest.
OSW Commentary |
| Krzysztof Strachota, Andrzej Wilk
In late May and early June 2019, the contract for Turkey’s purchase of the Russian-made missile launchers which make up the S-400 long-range anti-aircraft missile system entered the final stage of its implementation. This has been…
OSW Commentary |
| Tadeusz A Olszański
On 25 April, the Supreme Council of Ukraine passed a law guaranteeing the role of the Ukrainian language as the state language. The act was passed with a significant majority (278 in favour, 38 against), and was signed into law by…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
Andrea Nahles stepped down as the leader of the SPD on 3 June. The following day she also stepped down from her role as the head of the Social Democrats’ grouping in the Bundestag. She announced that she will relinquish her parliamentary…