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May 29, 2019

Dungan appears on Bloomberg to discuss selecting a new president of the European Commission

On May 29, 2019, Nicholas Dungan spoke with Bloomberg’s David Westin on “Bloomberg: Balance of Power” about the selection of a new president of the European Commission.

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New Atlanticist

May 26, 2019

Europe’s smaller parties win big in European Parliament elections

By David A. Wemer

The big gainers of the night were the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), which benefited from the debut of French President Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche party, and an array of far-right Euroskeptic parties who made gains throughout Europe.

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New Atlanticist

May 26, 2019

The 2019 EU elections

By Atlantic Council

A collection of Atlantic Council pieces on the European parliamentary elections.

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Inflection Points

May 25, 2019

Europe’s choice, history’s challenge

By Frederick Kempe

The best Europe in history is facing some of its greatest challenges ever. They will test the sustainability, effectiveness and relevance of the European Union and its related institutions that helped end centuries of conflict.

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New Atlanticist

May 24, 2019

The last days of May

By John M. Roberts

British Prime Minister Theresa May has suffered the ultimate political indignity, announcing her own political demise after just three years as prime minister of the world’s fifth-biggest economy.

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New Atlanticist

May 23, 2019

Bullseye on Brussels: Can EU defeat disinformation in parliamentary elections?

By Teri Schultz

The vast amount of foreign meddling in the 2016 US presidential election was a wakeup call for the European Union (EU). It was obvious the next big target of malign actors would be Europe, with twenty-eight countries electing more than 750 lawmakers in May 2019.

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New Atlanticist

May 21, 2019

Theresa May’s last chance

By John M. Roberts

British Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled on May 21 a supposed new deal for Britain’s departure from the European Union that looks remarkably like the deal Parliament has already rejected three times.

European Union Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

May 20, 2019

European elections are a win, of sorts, for Greece

By Katerina Sokou

Overcoming the strains with its European partners, Greece is heading to its first European elections after the crisis with its biggest parties claiming not only to be pro-European, but also to be fighting populism.

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

May 20, 2019

Why Europe’s election matters in Poland

By Katarzyna Pisarska

The election will be a vote of confidence in the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party and reveal the level of public support for two competing visions for the future of Europe: an integrationist, open, and solidarity-driven Europe or a conservative “Christian” Europe of sovereign states.

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New Atlanticist

May 17, 2019

Euroscepticism and populism to gain in Dutch representation in the European Parliament

By Bart Oosterveld

As is the case elsewhere on the European continent, parties away from the political center are expected to perform quite well in the European parliamentary elections in the Netherlands on May 23.

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