🇺🇸🇪🇺Tensions between the EU and the MAGA world over the regulation of online platforms are on the rise – and the impact on Central European politics could be big.
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🇵🇱 Polish government reshuffle: Prime Minister Donald Tusk unveiled a streamlined cabinet today – a strategic recalibration prompted by the recent presidential victory of PiS-backed Karol Nawrocki, writes @NataliaKurpiew1.
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🏳️🌈Budapest #Pride: Orbán wanted the opposition to blink. Instead, Karácsony called his bluff.
Click to read @MarcoNemethEN's Commentary⤵️
https://t.co/056DIbL9uh
🇵🇱🗳️Poland’s far right isn’t on the fringes anymore – it’s fractured, growing and setting the tone for the mainstream.
Click the link in the 🧵 for what to watch in the 1 June presidential showdown ⤵️
❗️The war against NGOs and media has reached its final stage in #Hungary . The government has submitted its long-awaited, Russian style bill designed to make it extremely almost impossible for Hungarian organizations to receive funds from abroad to operate and exist.
🇷🇴🗳️Romanians are heading to the polls this weekend to choose their next president, but this is more than a domestic political contest - it is a referendum on the country’s democratic trajectory.
Click to read @GalanDall's breakdown⤵️
https://t.co/QY5NtmVlzb
🇨🇿🗳️Czech elections face disinfo blitz – Security agencies warn of foreign influence, but the bigger challenge comes from domestic actors amplifying conspiracies and attacking public media.
Click to read @ASybera's breakdown⤵️
https://t.co/KHkJwNLPPk
🤔56% of Hungarians don’t want Ukraine in the EU. @PM_ViktorOrban wants a referendum on Ukraine’s EU bid. @sikorskiradek snaps: How would the EU vote on keeping Hungary?
Read more in the #WeeklyOutlook⤵️
https://t.co/PNbkuBv2N8
🇨🇳From air fryers to surveillance cameras, Chinese technology is collecting data across #Europe and the Western #Balkans. Are we protecting our privacy, or handing it away?
https://t.co/tJHUITqY8x
👇Click to read the commentary by Western Balkan @ipacglobal co-chairs @FMediu@Fatmir_Bytyqi@dobrinacelnik & Sanela Klarić MP.
🎙️ The Beginning of the End for Robert Fico? Click here to listen to our latest podcast ➡️ https://t.co/iOiSI52AKX 🇸🇰
Joined by special guests @BalogovaBeata, Editor-in-Chief of SME Daily, and @rastokuzel, Executive Director at MEMO 98, this episode dives into the protests that swept across Slovakia last week and what to expect next.
Is this the beginning of the end for Fico? @terenzanim@KandrikMatej@ASybera@MatejSimalcik@wprzybylski@staskaleta
🎙️ New Podcast: Democracy Shield – Europe's Battles of 2024 and 2025
➡️Listen now: https://t.co/dqtcPiea21 ⬅️
In this episode, hosts @wprzybylski and @staskaleta offer their account of the victories and setbacks of European democracy in 2024 and look ahead to 2025 – the year that will test the European Democracy Shield initiative in the making.
See also:
👉Our latest EU Values Foresight report https://t.co/bwHtB6KgRv
👉European Democracy Shield Needs Defence Posture - Policy Brief https://t.co/waE9zMK5iX
#Podcast #WeeklyOutlook #forreporting #Democracy
📺🇵🇱Can Poland’s new rules protect its media from foreign and domestic interference without repeating past media politicisation?
@K_Izdebski@JarasJarasy@Bart_Wielinski
Read Jessica Moss's Quick Take⤵️
https://t.co/K4dmGWpyvK
🇺🇦Facing winter blackouts and relentless offensives, Ukraine risks another wave of displacement. The UN calls for $170M to keep Ukrainians warm and safe.
@portnikov@yermolenko_v@ComKlitina
Read the new analysis from Ivan Us⤵️
https://t.co/eXM5UACiO9