Daniel Penev

Decisiveness with Hungary is also about EU survival
The Hungarian authorities are increasingly eager not only to disregard EU laws and norms but to publicly embarrass the Union, writes Daniel Penev.
Hungary was once a democracy: Now it is an ‘Orbanocracy’
If democracy was the buzzword of the first two decades following the end of the Cold War, illiberal democracy appears to be the buzzword of today, writes Daniel Penev.
Does Turkey really want visa liberalisation?
By lifting the visa barrier to Ukraine, the EU tells Ankara the same is possible for the Turkish citizens, writes Daniel Penev.