Jean-Claude Juncker

Led by our partners Civico Europa, political and cultural figures from across the continent call on the institutions and citizens of the EU to take action against the Hungarian Prime Minister's latest power grab, enacted on the pretext of combating the coronavirus epidemic. We Europeans need to fight two viruses,…

The EU must swiftly propose and adopt sanctions against the latest ‘democratic backsliding’ by the Hungarian government, say leading European politicians, media and civil society leaders in an open letter whose signatories include former Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy, and EURACTIV founder Christophe Leclercq. We Europeans need to…

The EU’s new policy to provide financial support to workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic is a bold new initiative. But it is not a panacea, and risks being over-hyped, writes László Andor. László Andor is the Secretary General of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies and former European Commissioner…

“Contrary to the determination of the former European Commission President, the EU should have formulated a much more determined response not to the Parliament’s decision, but should have properly coordinated the response to the virus and instead of criticising member states, extend immediate help to the Europeans in trouble,” Hungarian…

With Europe in the grips of the coronavirus epidemic, the Hungarian parliament approved laws giving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán new powers to fight the virus and rule by decree without a set time limit. The move drew strong criticism from civil rights groups and international institutions, which warned that it gave…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and her predecessor Jean-Claude Juncker | Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images Hungary is ‘acting outside of any reasonable zone,’ says former Commission president. The EU should have called "a spade a spade" in a more robust response to Hungary's move to boost government…

The risk of the EU collapsing over the coronavirus crisis "is real," Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte warned Thursday ahead of a crunch meeting of the bloc's finance ministers. Conte told the BBC that the pandemic and the resulting economic and social consequences pose "a big challenge to the existence of…

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Viktor Orban’s latest power grab in Hungary speaks to his sheer ruthlessness and canny opportunism as a politician.As nations around the world hunker down for the all-consuming fight against Covid-19, the Central European country’s prime minister has seized the opportunity to amass emergency powers to support his ambitions…

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Viktor Orban’s latest power grab in Hungary speaks to his sheer ruthlessness and canny opportunism as a politician.As nations around the world hunker down for the all-consuming fight against Covid-19, the Central European country’s prime minister has seized the opportunity to amass emergency powers to support his ambitions…

A leaked French diplomatic note has claimed that outbreaks of Chinese coronavirus in Africa could lead to the collapse of regimes in various countries across the continent. Currently, coronavirus cases across Africa remain low in comparison to Europe, North America, and Asia, but experts predict that a severe outbreak of…