Elections in Europe

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Corinne Deloy

7 October 2025

The Action of Dissatisfied Citizens (ANO, which means ‘yes’ in Czech), the populist party of former Prime Minister (2017-2021) Andrej Babis, won a landslide victory in the general election on 3 and 4 October 2025. ANO garnered 34.52% of the vote and took 80 seats, an increase of eight...

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1 July 2025

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Nicolas-Jean Brehon

9 September 2025

This article follows on from an initial analysis of European support for the defence industry, published in February 2025 by the Foundation. The focus was on the European Defence Fund (EDF). Given the interest in this subject and the importance of military issues in the European debate, a regular...

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29 September 2025

The Moldovans have overwhelmingly confirmed their wish for a European future, despite Russia's interference and destabilising manoeuvres. The vote on 28 September is a clear rejection of Moscow's influence. Transnistria remains a point of tension, but the motivations for secession appear doomed to failure. This election serves as a reminder that Europe continues to embody hope and sends a strong message to both the Kremlin and Western democracies.

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Jean-Marc Vigilant

16 September 2025

After five centuries of Western global domination, we are living in a period of geopolitical change of the same magnitude as the end of the Cold War. Because European empires nearly destroyed themselves during the two World Wars of the 20th century, they established, under the impetus of the United...

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9 November 2024

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The Moldovans have overwhelmingly confirmed their wish for a European future, despite Russia's interference and destabilising manoeuvres. The vote on 28 September is a clear rejection of Moscow's influence. Transnistria remains a point of tension, but the motivations for secession appear doomed to failure. This election serves as a reminder that Europe continues to embody hope and sends a strong message to both the Kremlin and Western democracies.

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Oleksandra Bulana

23 June 2025

Ukraine’s journey towards European Union membership is a story of resilience, rapid progress, and evolving strategic alignment. Since the signing of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement in 2014 and especially after the country was formally recognized as an EU candidate in 2022, Ukraine has...

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15 August 2025

'Europe remains a true economic power, with a gross domestic product that still rivals that of China and the United States, but the outlook is much bleaker. Growth is sluggish, and is undermining social peace as well as political stability and fuelling extremism.' For Jean-Dominique Giuliani, Europe must not only think of itself as a geopolitical power: it must also reassert its economic and financial power in order to build and maintain a military force and genuine diplomatic influence.

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