European values have become one of the hottest issues discussed currently in the EU. They may be defined from various angles: political (liberal democracy and human rights), legal
WiseEuropa has new headquarters. Our office is now located in Aleja Szucha 16/46 in Warsaw.
There is a growing worry about the state of democracy in the European Union Member States. Particularly the developments in Hungary and in Poland have raised concerns and sparked intensive debates about illiberal backsliding and de-democratization.
The year 2016 changed everything. A set of coordinated actions by the ruling parliamentary majority, the government, and the President paved the way to the destruction of the independence of the Polish Constitutional Court.
Poland has never had worse relations with the European Commission, the European Parliament and Germany since its accession to the EU. The key problem is the undermining of the rule of law by the Polish government.
Maciej Bukowski and Aleksander Śniegocki from WiseEuropa have prepared the chapter on Central and Eastern Europe in the new report "Remaking Europe:
WiseEuropa contributed to the analysis of current and projected rates of change taking place in the European energy systems by providing long-term decarbonisation scenarios for Poland.
After Brexit, Germany and Poland will remain the only proponents of the liberal approach to the Single Market among the largest EU economies.
It seems that the only way to save the principle of cohesion and take full advantage of the single market is to encourage all the Member States to join the core in deepening European integration.
Outside the eurozone we will see a more and more fragmented Single Market, shaped according to the needs and wishes of the eurozone members, who, thanks to their dominance in the EU institutions, will be free to pass any legislation they wish to.
WiseEuropa team is expanded in August 2017 by two persons. Bogna Gudowska is a new PR and Marketing Manager. Zofia Wetmańska has joined the Foundation as a junior economist.
Polish-German bilateral relations and their influence on common European policy are the leading topics of the German-Polish European Blog.
