Georgi Gotev with Zoran Radosavljevic

The Brief, powered by EURIMA – The Juncker Commission leftover

Leftovers are, by their very nature, often overlooked and forgotten. Let’s not forget this one. The outgoing European Parliament passed last March a resolution calling, among other things, on the next Commission to review the controversial appointment of Martin Selmayr as secretary-general of the EU executive.

The Brief, powered by WindEurope – Fat Balkan lies

There is a saying that “the biggest lies come before elections, during a war and after hunting”.

The Brief – Requiem for a Spitzenkandidat

The Sibiu summit saved the Spitzenkandidaten way of choosing the new Commission president - for now at least. That’s one way to interpret the recent decisions taken by the 27 EU leaders in this cosmopolitan Romanian city.

The Brief – The Pinocchio test

There is a lot of hype about fake news coming from Russia. In one way or another, the EU is getting organised to deal with that. But there is another type of fake news – home-made inside the EU, which...