Jules Bigot

Articles de cet auteur (26)

OPINION. A l’est, l’élargissement sera géopolitique ou ne sera pas

Les années passent et se ressemblent. Le monde devient toujours plus dangereux, et l’Europe toujours aussi insignifiante sur la scène internationale. Coincée entre une Russie impérialiste qui s’enfonce en Ukraine et des Etats-Unis trumpistes qui se mettent à lorgner sur le Groenland européen, l’Union européenne (UE) peine à faire entendre sa voix et ses intérêts.

mercredi 26 mars 2025

Moldova in shock following the EU membership referendum

It is 10.30pm in Moldova, and the first results of the referendum on European integration are in. 43.74% in favour, 56.26% against. A shiver runs down my spine as my face and those of my friends turned to stone. A shock. To reassure ourselves, we tell each other that not all ballots have been (…)

dimanche 27 octobre 2024

Interview with Nicu Popescu : “Europe is the best way to consolidate peace, democracy and prosperity in Moldova “

Moldova is at a turning point in its history. Since 2022 the country is on the EU accession pathway, successively and successfully become a candidate country, and then opening accession negotiations earlier this year. This month, the Moldovan population will have to decide on its European future (…)

lundi 7 octobre 2024

Moldova 2024 Elections

This autumn is shaping up to be a busy one across the globe, with elections to be held in Tunisia, Georgia, Romania, Ghana, and the United States. While the latter has captured most media attention in recent weeks, in this article we look at another high-risk election taking place on the edge of (…)

vendredi 20 septembre 2024

MIGRATION IN EUROPE : WHERE HAS OUR HUMANISM GONE ?

Weeks go by and look just the same. In the mouths of our political leaders, exiles are no more than figures and statistics. On our television screens, the focus is no longer fighting against the extreme-right’s political agenda, but rather on demonstrating the utmost toughness on migration (…)

mardi 26 mars 2024

Democracy Under Pressure in Moldova : the importance of the result and the method

Moldova’s road to the European Union is not a smooth one. In addition to all the reforms the country needs to conduct to align with EU Law, Moldovan democracy is under pressure by pro-Russian political actors trying to undermine its European pathway. The Moldovan government is thus fighting on (…)

samedi 23 mars 2024

Romania’s Support for Moldova’s EU Accession Process

Romania was once where Moldova is today and Moldova wants to be where Romania is today. That is, in essence, what Maia Sandu [claimed->https://realitatea.md/foto-maia-sandu-a-ajuns-la-timisoara-ce-vedem-aici-vrem-si-pentru-republica-moldova during her visit to Timisoara, Romania, on 13 January. (…)

mercredi 21 février 2024

Moldova : a referendum to solidify EU integration

In a speech given on 24 December to mark her third year as president, Maia Sandu simultaneously announced that she would be running for re-election in autumn 2024 and that a referendum on EU integration would be organized in parallel. This announcement came a few days after the European Council (…)

mercredi 10 janvier 2024

Tatsiana Khomich, sister of Maria Kalesnikava : “Maria tore up her passport, she refused to be expelled from Belarus“

TNF supports JEF-Europe’s campaign #DemocracyUnderPressure that this year will take place from the 18th to the 25th of March. Tatsiana Khomich is the sister of Maria Kalesnikava, Belarusian political leader who took part in the 2020 presidential campaign and the subsequent demonstrations that (…)

samedi 25 mars 2023

Les entraves des oligarques à l’intégration européenne de la Moldavie

Le mandat de Maia Sandu en tant que Présidente moldave n’a pas été un long fleuve tranquille pour les pro-européens du pays et de l’UE. Les perspectives d’intégration européenne portées par sa victoire aux élections présidentielles de 2020 et la victoire de son parti (PAS) aux élections (…)

samedi 11 mars 2023

The oligarchs’ hurdles to Moldova’s EU integration pathway

The mandate of Maia Sandu as Moldovan president hasn’t been a smooth sail for pro-Europeans in the country and in the EU. The optimism regarding EU-integration raised by her victory in the 2020 presidential elections and her party’s (PAS) victory in the 2021 legislative elections was quickly (…)

vendredi 10 février 2023

The 2009 Czech presidency of the EU and the Eastern partnership

The Czech Republic’s role in the shaping of the Eastern Partnership is extremely interesting to address, not only because it was established during its 2009 Presidency of the EU, but also because of the apparent contradiction existing due to the country’s position as a former Eastern Bloc (…)

lundi 12 septembre 2022
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