Austria

  • May 22, 2017
  • 6 min read

Snap election may not end Austrian government crisis

The country’s cosy consensus politics will be challenged in what could be a new era of unpredictability

Austria
  • May 25, 2016
  • 6 min read

Divided vote raises pressure on Austria's government

The newly elected President Van der Bellen is likely to play a more active role than his predecessors

Austria
  • Mar 10, 2016
  • 7 min read

Austria's migration U-turn will cause further conflict

Although Austria is now one of Merkel's most vocal critics, relations with Germany will normalise

Austria
  • Mar 2, 2016
  • 7 min read

Migrants will not stop at Balkan borders

Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Macedonia are trying to close the Balkan migration route to Germany

Balkans
  • Feb 23, 2016
  • 7 min read

Sheer numbers in Greece will defeat EU migrant policy

Other states blame Greece for failing to defend Europe's borders from an overwhelming influx of migrants

Greece
  • Oct 29, 2015
  • 7 min read

Euro-area fiscal policies will not find common ground

By end-November, the European Commission will release its judgements on euro-area countries' 2016 budgets

EU
  • Jul 29, 2015
  • 7 min read

National minimum wages could gain more ground in EU

National minimum wages are being introduced to compensate for more labour market flexibility

EU
  • Jun 17, 2015
  • 7 min read

Some Cameron demands will meet EU resistance

UK Prime Minister David Cameron is finessing his pre-referendum EU renegotiating position before a June 25-26 summit

United Kingdom