🚨 Our latest paper published in #ScientificData introduces one of only a handful of open-access datasets globally that comes from a national elections VAA. The data are from our #VolebnyKompas voting advice application done for the #2023SlovakElections https://t.co/q1YXlGa5HE
RIP Jacques Delors. I got to know him when researching 'Delors: Inside the House that Jacques Built' (1994). A decent, modest man. How many politicians would turn down the chance to run for president of France, when they had a good chance of winning, as he did in 1994? /1
💡 Results reveal the highest voting cohesion among 🇸🇰 MEPs in international trade, budget, and regional development. Conversely, gender equality, petitions, and development display the lowest cohesion. Economic policy areas generally exhibit greater voting cohesion.
📚 Analyzing Slovak MEPs' voting behavior in the European Parliament 🇪🇺 from 2004 to 2022, this study (in Slovak) identifies policy areas where 🇸🇰 MEPs tend to have similar voting patterns on a national basis. https://t.co/GbHONtQfMn
Pleased to have with us colleagues from University of Matějka (UMB) in Slovakia 🇸🇰 visiting to work on the #HorizonProject BRRIDGE and to explore ways to enhance UMB's #research capacity
📸 from their meetings w/ @EUI_EU President, @Ej_Europe & Dean of Research Giacomo Calzolari
Glad and honored to be the national coordinator for Slovak students within the #ConSIMium
Great initiative providing valuable experience for students, worth to be repeated every year. Kudos to @EUCouncil for organising this event👍
@SLOVAKIAinEU
Un gran placer visitar @usach y @Dep_usach como parte de la delegación de la #UMB. Muchas oportunidades de fructífera colaboración por delante.
Honored to visit @usach and @Dep_usach as a part of the #UMB delegation. A lot of opportunities for fruitful collaboration ahead of us.
The Qatar scandal shows how the EU has a corruption problem
In this oped for @POLITICOEurope
I argue how to tackle it by advocating for four reforms 🪡 🧵
https://t.co/OsXmTI34Rd #qatar#Kaili#Panzeri
🇪🇺Interior ministers just gave 🟢green light to #Croatia joining the EU's passport-free #Schengen area, but 🔴rejected #Bulgaria & #Romania joining.
@YlvaJohansson, who wanted all 3 entries adopted together, says welcome to 🇭🇷 but adds this is "a day of disappointment"
The European Commission has just recommended 🇧🇦#Bosnia for 🇪🇺candidate status.
There was intense pressure to do this after candidate status was rushed through for #Ukraine in just 3 months, while Bosnia has been waiting since its application 6 years ago.
https://t.co/CCLOhZLfxq
Pipeline battle: Spain, Portugal & Germany are increasingly angry over France's resistance to finalize a gas & green hydrogen conduit from the Iberian Peninsula to Northern Europe.
So they're drawing up alternative routes to circumvent France. The story:
https://t.co/EP70G5K8B3
@CER_Grant It's not so simple. Yes, there are a lot of RU supporters, however the high share of 16,3% on number 5 could signal that respondents wanted to choose some neutral position (common stance in SVK). Within this scale, there is no answer to do that and number 5 counts as RU victory
"Pozíciu centra ruskej koloniálnej ríše posilňuje, že je bránou pre dovoz kapitálu, technológií a vývoz nerastných surovín. Sankcie to oslabili. Z pohľadu ruských kolónií už Moskva nie je prevodovkou, ale brzdou dovtedy fungujúceho hospodárskeho modelu." https://t.co/9rtu34kego
Fascinating reading about the prewar period. Disbelief in US intel about war after Iraq and Afg. failure, complicated preparations for countering the invasion, thoughts on whether to perform mobilization before the real attack ... https://t.co/HJV6RbfQHI
More than four months have passed since the beginning of the Russian invasion of #Ukraine. During the war, Russian and Ukrainian strategy has evolved. Today, an update on Russia’s #strategy in Ukraine. 1/22
✅WE HAVE A DEAL!✅
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EU has concluded a Trade Agreement with our valued & trusted partner, New Zealand. #EUNZ
This #EUNZ deal will benefit our economies, boost our shared sustainability ambitions, & bring us closer together.