This was an historical and hectic year for Malta. In the space of 5 weeks Malta held a referendum on EU accession, local elections and national elections. Malta is heavily polarised and divided because of two big political parties; the Christian Democrat Nationalist Party and the Malta Labour Party. Unfortunately these two parties have managed…
Tag: enlargment
Beyond the eyes
Referendum in Hungary, April 12 The referendum on the accession in Hungary did not bring a surprising result: more than 80% of the voters were in favour, just as predicted according to the polls. Several other aspects of the voting and the preparations however remain obscure. First of all, there was an unexpectedly low rate…
EU referendums
The Greek part of Cyprus (together with the other candidate and member countries) signed an EU accession treaty on 16 April. Of course the north-south divide in Cyprus is far more serious than that in the UK. Since the Turkish backed invasion, Northern Cyprus is unrecognised internationally except by Turkey. The southern part of Cyprus…
The Slovak Referendum – a test of Optimism
On the 16th and 17th of May, Slovak voters will express their will to join the European Union. The referendum represents the last step of the accession process and thus can serve as a welcomed occasion for recapping past events related to the process. Here, I would like to interlink events on Slovak political sphere…
EU enlargement and Iraq sanctions
The working group “Europe and International issues” of the German Green Youth met on the 21st till 23rd February in Berlin to discuss the EU enlargement, the Convention on a European Constitution and the sanctions on Iraq. The representatives of the Polish and the Hungarian embassy were self confident and (too) positive thinking as they…