The 2015 EU parliamentary elections will coincide with the no less significant Ukrainian elections to appoint new authorities in Kyiv and to legitimize a new European path for what remains the largest country on the continent. While most of the recent debate has been understandably overshadowed by the political cannibalism of Vladimir Putin, there are three serious questions that should not be overlooked in continental affairs.
EUROPE – MAIDAN, MIGRANTS, AND DEMOCRACY
- Bankers, hipsters, and housewives: revolution of common people Oksana Forostyna
- Labor migration as an invisible but strong economic issue. Commentary Martin Ehl
- Ukrainian migrants in the Czech Republic Yana Leonityeva
- Report: Forecasting immigration into the V4 Marta Jaroszewicz, Wadim Strielkowski
- Migration policies towards third-country nationals Mariusz Podgórski
- Diaspora oriented organization in the V4 Magdalena Mazur
- European commuters Matteo Tacconi
- Sticky issue or election-clincher? Matthew Shearman
- Freedom of movement and cross-border migration. Recent debates on migration in Europe Jędrzej Burszta
- New Europeans Gertruda Gecaite
INTERVIEW – POPULATION FLOWS IN THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
- Cherry picking for a hungry Europe. Interview with Attila Melegh by Máté Zombory
INTELLIGENT MIND – IN DEFENSE OF DECADENT EUROPE
- In Defense of Decadent Europe Ivan Krastev
- Tolerance requires competitiveness Hywel Ceri Jones
COMMUNITIES – COEXISTENCE
- “The village will never be the same again.” Coexistence in northern Hungary Cecília Kovai
ECONOMY AND BUSINESS – FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
- Mobility is an opportunity. Interview with Eduard Palíšek, CEO of Siemens Czech Republic by Pavla Francová
- No drain, no gain Maciej Kuziemski
CHALLENGERS – NEW EUROPE 100
- Tech startups of New Europe Kornel Koronowski
ANALYSIS – ENEMIES OF DEMOCRACY
- What people think of democracy Radosław Markowski
- When the party is over Dominika Kasprowicz
- Normative Poles meet masculine Slovaks Piotr Żakowiecki
VISEGRAD ABROAD – RETREAT FROM THE EAST
- A fresh look at the East Bruno Lété
- Would you call the Eastern Partnership a failed project? Interview with Matthew Bryza by Wojciech Przybylski
- The end of the Neighborhood Spasimir Domaradzki
BOOKS – DELUGE OF BOOKS
- A deluge of books Katarína Kucbelová
- We know that we read but we don’t know what we read Petr Minarik
- Text dumping. Interview with Geza Morcsányi by Lila Proics
- All that glitters is not gold Przemysław Witkowski
- Reviews by Katarzyna Dudzic-Grabińska, Jan Rejžek, Michal Jareš, Ivana Taranenková, Magdalena Malińska, Judit Görözdi, Csaba Pléh, Renáta Deák
ARTS / LOOKING BACK – ENTRY LEVEL
- The joys of obedience. Papers, Please Piotr Sterczewski
- The Vietnamese in Poland Ewelina Chwiejda
- Where stuffed sharks don’t live: On the Czech artistic puddle and its fish Marek Sečkař
ESSAY – THE LEGENDARY WEST
- The Legendary West János Háy
