Dvir Aviam Ezra

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Israeli Democracy is Under Existential Pressure

TNF supports JEF-Europe’s campaign #DemocracyUnderPressure that this year will take place from the 18th to the 25th of March. Israel may be a Middle Eastern country, but around 50 percent of its population is of European descent, mainly Jewish people who escaped prosecution in Europe. (...)

Monday 20 March 2023

JEF Belgium: How can European defence be improved?

In recent years, Europe has struggled with protecting itself and dealing with new security challenges. In this short paper, we will attempt to provide some initial ideas for improving European defence. In order for an effective common EU defence, stronger and permanent pan-European structures (...)

Tuesday 4 October 2022

From Berlin to the Western Balkans – the JEF experience in the International Berlin Seminar

From Thursday, 12.5.2022, to Sunday, 15.5.2022, the International Belin Seminar by JEF Germany took place. A flagship project, it has brought together more than 40 activists and JEFers aged 18-26 to discuss European issues with a special focus on the Western Balkans integration into Europe The (...)

Sunday 5 June 2022

La guerra ruso-ucraniana: una guerra de valores y narrativas

El derecho a la autodeterminación es universal. La invasión rusa representa una grave vulneración de la legislación internacional y la paz existente, merece, por tanto, una condenación universal, así como unas severas repercusiones. Ya en marzo de 2021, Rusia comenzó a movilizar sus fuerzas y (...)

Wednesday 6 April 2022

Hungary Elections – a short commentary

Viktor Orbán and the Fidesz party are not friends of the federalist movement, nor of Europe in general. Their nationalist populist agenda has dominated the last 12 years in Hungary, downgrading its democracy to become a “hybrid regime” (according to the democracy index) and eroding the electoral (...)

Tuesday 5 April 2022

2021: a Bad Year for Populists in Europe

TNF supports JEF-Europe’s campaign #DemocracyUnderPressure that this year will take place from the 18th to the 25th of March. This week, we are marking the Democracy Under Pressure Campaign, and recognize the dangers posed to the liberal-democratic orders by non-democratic forces, parties, and (...)

Thursday 24 March 2022

The Russo-Ukrainian war: a war of values and narratives

The right to self determination is universal. Russia’s invasion represents a gross violation of international norms and peace, and merits universal condemnation as well as severe repercussions. Beginning in March 2021, Russia has begun to move military forces and heavy equipment to its borders (...)

Monday 7 March 2022

EU’s “Global Gateway”, a European approach to geopolitical influence?

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI - 一带一路) is the epitome of the quest for geopolitical domination in the 21st century. This economic initiative by China officially aims to boost global connectivity and infrastructure by allocating a staggering sum of $3 trillion for the construction of airports, (...)

Tuesday 18 January 2022

The EU’s new sanctions against coercive trade practices – eroding the unanimity rule?

On Dec. 8, 2021, the EU commission unveiled what has been defined as an "[economic howitzer->https://www.politico.eu/article/eus-newest-trade-tool-allows-brussels-to-hit-back-hard-against-economic-blackmail“: an anti-coercion sanction mechanism which would allow the EU to impose sanctions on (...)

Sunday 16 January 2022