Tag Archives: Common foreign and security policy

The Presidential Election in Belarus and the EU: The Impact of an Extended Qualified Majority Voting

Posted on October 12, 2020 by eulaworebro

The recent presidential election in Belarus on the 9th of August has led to extensive protests by the citizens. The election ended with over 80% of the votes in favour of the 26-year long running president Aleksandr Lukasjenko, and the … Continue reading →

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The new European Agenda on Migration – Solidarity shall not only be a slogan

Posted on June 1, 2015 by eulaworebro

Introduction The 13th of May the European Commission presented its new European Agenda on Migration as expected since April (see an earlier post on this Blog). The new agenda has been discussed by the MEP’s at the European Parliament Plenary … Continue reading →

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The EU common foreign and security policy: Mutual defence and Sweden’s relation to the NATO

Posted on May 30, 2013 by eulaworebro

On 20 April, the Swedish defence minister Karin Enström stated in an interview with the EU observer that Sweden is not in the NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) partly because the EU treaty contains its own security guarantee, a … Continue reading →

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