DE
DE
Feijóo
SPAIN
David Vincent Henneberger Leo Klein

More Show than Real Power Option - The Failed Election for Spanish Prime Minister of Alberto Núñez Feijóo (PP)

Last week, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, president of the conservative Partido Popular ("PP"), failed in the election to become Spain's new prime minister and therefore will not be able to replace the current caretaker incumbent Pedro Sánchez of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ("PSOE"). Feijóo had been nominated as a candidate for inauguration by King Felipe VI in late August, as the PP had won the most seats in Spain's July 23, 2023 general election (but fell short of an absolute majority even together with votes from the right-wing populist VOX party).

LibDems
Great Britain
Sir Graham Watson

Liberal Politics in Britain Ahead of the National Elections

Within fifteen months the United Kingdom must go to the polls and the chances of Sunak's Conservatives being elected for a fifth term (after general election victories in 2010, 2015, 2017 and 2019) appear slim. But will Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party win an outright majority? Or might Labour need a coalition with the Scottish National Party (cost: another referendum on Scottish independence) or the Liberal Democrats (cost: legislation to introduce a fair voting system)?

Kornidzor, Armenia
Armenia
Areg Kochinyan

EU Mission in Armenia and Russia

The European Union with its newly created foreign policy instrument, the EU monitoring mission in Armenia, aims at monitoring the conflictive situation on the borderline between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Russia perceives this mission as a competition and a danger to its interests. The situation has become tense since Russian border guard units are located on the territory of Armenia on the same border the EU mission is monitoring. What problems occur on the ground, why, where, and how can they be solved?

Slowakei
Slovakia
Barbora Krempaská

Harsh election campaign: Does Europe have to fear a Slovak Orbán?

Violence, hate speech and fights accompany the last phase of the election campaign of the snap parliamentary elections in Slovakia. The focus of the election campaign is on the alleged biggest threats to Slovakia: progressivism, liberalism, LGBT and gender ideology, illegal migration, the USA, Brussels, Soros NGOs, the media and so on. Role models are being sought in Poland, in Hungary and even in Russia. Will Slovakia ultimately continue its pro-Western course or fall prey to populism and pro-Russian propaganda?

lecture
Investment
Claudia Luna Palencia

The Global Gateway will strengthen ties between the two shores.

The Global Gateway was born in 2021 created by the European Commission and is one of the flagship projects that will allow the European Union (EU) to contribute to reversing the investment deficit in the world. It is expected that this investment approach will allow a more fluid dialogue with the Mediterranean region to achieve a better neighborhood.

"Refugio Biológico de Mbaracayú", managed by Paraguay y Brasil.
Paraguay and Brazil
Angelo Bardini

Market Solutions to Environmental Challenges in Latin America

During the visit to Saltos del Guairá, we talked with young people, local political representatives, businessmen and civil society actors about market solutions to the environmental challenges facing the country and the region.

Demonstration in Mexiko-City
Mexico
Katharina Krakow

Women's Rights on the Rise in Latin America

Last week, the Mexican Supreme Court delivered a groundbreaking verdict: the decriminalization of abortion across the country. Abortions in Mexico are now safe and legal in all public health facilities. Mexico's ruling is another success in the brave struggle for human and women's rights on the continent and could now have a ripple effect on other Latin American countries like Brazil or Chile.

Claudia Sheinbaum and Xóchitl Gálvez
elections
Alfredo Suárez García

Will Mexico have its first female president?

Mexico stands on the brink of a defining moment, the countdown begins for president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) as he just concluded his fifth year in office, leaving just one year of his tenure. The year 2024 heralds one of Mexico's most momentous electoral processes in recent memory, featuring high-stakes races for 500 congressional seats, 128 senatorial positions, eight state governorships and the head of government of Mexico City. With a country facing populism, inequalities and crime, the tantalising possibility of Mexico's first ever female president could mark a political and societal turning point.

youngsters
Youth
PhD Josep Martí

Young people in the Mediterranean and their leisure time

Beyond the cultural uniformity brought about by globalisation in the field of youth leisure, the cultivation of sociability in outdoor activities constitutes a characteristic element of Mediterranean societies.

Navigating an AI future: Insights from Maria Ressa & Chris Wylie
Fighting Disinformation
Gian Arre

Navigating an AI Future: Insights from Maria Ressa and Chris Wylie

Courage is often demanded in the line of fire even when the warfare has now transitioned into the realm of information. Now that the frontlines are immediate to the devices of each citizen, that courage becomes a responsibility that everyone shares.

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