
Albania and the EU’s Convenient Fiction
EU leadership prioritises enlargement over rule of law in Albania, accepting democratic backsliding in exchange for political stability.

EU leadership prioritises enlargement over rule of law in Albania, accepting democratic backsliding in exchange for political stability.

“Stay out of the war, stay out of shared debt, keep our national energy policy, and preserve a non-mixed society,” Viktor Orbán declared, summing up Hungary’s stance.

Nicușor Dan, a centrist anti-establishment figure, was given one of the strongest mandates in decades to reform a broken country.