Politics - Pulsar Magazine

Going out with a bang!

September 18, 2024• Highlighted Main, Politics

Sometimes the working week doesn’t start the way you hope. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had to deal with an...

European Commission boycotts Hungarian EU presidency

July 16, 2024• Highlighted side top, Politics

The European Commission takes the far-reaching and unprecedented decision to boycott the Hungarian EU presidency in response to Prime...

Three things to keep in mind about the French elections

June 30, 2024• Highlighted Main, Politics

France goes to the polls today for the first round of the suddenly called parliamentary elections by President Emmanuel Macron. It is a...

Hungary provokes with controversial slogan “Make Europe Great Again”

June 19, 2024• Highlighted side top, Politics

In two weeks, Hungary will succeed Belgium as President of the Council of the European Union. The slogan that Orban’s country...

Meloni exudes confidence at the G7 summit

June 15, 2024• Politics

The Italian Prime Minister exudes strength at the G7 summit in southern Italy. Electorally, she is stronger than other leaders. She will...

These are the shifts in power in the European Parliament

June 14, 2024• Highlighted side bottom, Politics

Voters are pushing Europe to the right. The big losers are the socialist German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the liberal French President...

“Poland is a beacon of light for Europe”

June 14, 2024• Highlighted Main, Politics

Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s ruling party won 21 seats and is once again the undisputed leader in Polish politics. “We are a light...

Your vote is going to these political groups in the European Parliament

June 8, 2024• Highlighted Main, Politics

Unlike national elections, national seats will soon become part of European super factions. Which European political family does your vote...

Radical right narrowly beaten by left coalition in the Netherlands

June 7, 2024• Highlighted side top, Politics

The opening match of the European elections was played in the Netherlands. According to the exit polls, Geert Wilders’ PVV has comes...

These European elections will have a huge impact, more than voters realise

June 5, 2024• Highlighted side bottom, Politics

Migration, climate, international trade, competition policy, agriculture, nature… It is Europe that…

Corsica on the road towards more autonomy

April 24, 2024• Longread, Politics

When the Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna, convicted of murder, was killed in a French prison in 2022, riots broke out in Corsica....

Green-lit migration pact will play a significant role in the European elections

April 15, 2024• Crossing Borders, Highlighted side top, Politics

The European Parliament has approved the migration pact, albeit with some tense moments of hesitation. The pro-European parties hope that...

Orban’s former strongman exposes corruption: new ‘white knight’ or vindictive enemy?

March 26, 2024• Politics

Peter Magyar, a former confidant of Orban, released a recording in which his ex-wife – former Justice Minister Judit Varga – accuses a...

Green light after all: E.U. can start negotiations about Ukrainian membership

December 15, 2023• Politics

European leaders gave the green light for negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova on EU membership. The decision came unexpectedly yesterday...

Radical rightwing PVV can thank centre-right for electoral gains

November 24, 2023• Politics

It was quite a painful moment, Wednesday evening. At the VVD meeting, Mark Rutte suddenly had a microphone shoved under his nose. A...

Peaceful protest in Brussels

November 11, 2023• Featured, Politics

At least 21,000 demonstrators according to police figures, double that according to the organizers. Half of them wore a keffiyeh, the scarf...

25 years after the end of the Troubles: ‘Many Northern Irish are still mentally at war’

August 11, 2023• Longread, Longread featured, Politics

Twenty-five years after the end of the civil war in Northern Ireland, real peace is still waiting. Protestants and Catholics still largely...

Tensions rise in Bosnia as Dodik eyes the invasion of Ukraine

January 23, 2023• Politics

Russia’s re-invasion of Ukraine is reawakening war demons in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Putin-backed Serb and Croat nationalists are...

EU-measures for more food security

September 27, 2022• Climate, Politics

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is endangering the food security of millions of people around the world, particularly in low-income...