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Analyses |
| Aleksandra Jarosiewicz, Marek Matusiak
On 22 May, at the third reading, the Georgian parliament passed an amendment to the constitution allowing EU citizens to stand in elections if they have lived in Georgia for at least five years. These amendments have been introduced for…
OSW Commentary |
| Tadeusz Iwański
The countries of Eastern European and China have been increasingly interested in deepening bilateral contacts over the past few years. In the case of Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova this has been caused by the bad economic situation which was…
OSW Commentary |
| Rafał Sadowski
In 2011 the European Union began a process aimed at reforming its policy on the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood. The change in circumstances in neighbouring countries following the Arab Spring, along with the lack of significant…
Analyses |
| Marta Szpala
The presidential runoff was held on 20 May in Serbia. The snap election was unexpectedly won by the candidate of the right-wing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), Tomislav Nikolic. Nikolic’s advantage over Boris Tadic, the incumbent…
Analyses |
| Tomasz Dąborowski
On 22 May, the Romanian parliament adopted a new act on the electoral system. The previous proportional electoral system has been replaced with a majority system. The new act has cancelled the five per cent electoral threshold and…
Analyses |
| Anna Kwiatkowska, Marta Zawilska-Florczuk
On 16 May, the German president, Joachim Gauck, acting upon a motion by Chancellor Angela Merkel, dismissed Norbert Roettgen (CDU) from the post of minister for the natural environment of Germany. The justification for the dismissal of…
Analyses |
| Jadwiga Rogoża
On 21 May, President Vladimir Putin approved the structure and composition of Dmitri Medvedev’s government. Although three-quarters of the ministers have been replaced, this is in fact a continuation of the previous government, because…
Analyses |
| Konrad Popławski
The political events of recent weeks have brought about new threats to the ratification of the fiscal compact in Germany and other EU countries.
OSW Studies |
| Tadeusz A Olszański
In Ukraine, alongside Ukrainians, there are very many Russians and members of other nationalities of the former Soviet Union as well as a still large group of people who identify themselves as Soviets (in terms of their nationality).…
Analyses |
| Agata Wierzbowska-Miazga
President Vladimir Putin has decided not to attend the G8 summit at Camp David, which is held on 18-19 May; this also means the cancellation of his planned meeting with Barack Obama. Russian president will not meet the President of the…