RT by @daniel_freund: #EUmembership comes with obligations

The aim is not to isolate #Hungary. It is to prevent one government from hollowing out European standards from within.

An article by @daniel_freund.
https://www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democracy-and-society/eu-membership-comes-with-obligations-8931/
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EU membership comes with obligations

The aim is not to isolate Hungary. It is to prevent one government from hollowing out European standards from within

IPS Journal

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Ukraine's military turns Russian equipment into 'scrap metal' in newly released video -- Russia scales up offensive from north of Pokrovsk -- Investigation: European companies keep the motors of Russia's war machine running -- Lithuania warns against 'hollow' Article 5-like guarantees for Ukraine ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/tuesday-february-17-2026/

”One thing we’ve learned from the western Balkans is that setting up hopes too high and then not coming through breeds frustration and encourages the far right”: Ulf Brunnbauer in Foreign Policy.

The publication spoke i.a. with our director about the uncertain prospects for Ukraine's #EUMembership. ⬇️

https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/18/europe-ukraine-eu-pipe-dream-membership-corruption-zelensky/

#Ukraine #EU #EUAccession

Europe Is Selling Ukraine a Pipe Dream

The EU’s promises of future membership have a very uncertain outcome.

Foreign Policy

Albania's EU bid amid deepening narcotics-linked corruption and state infiltration

This piece highlights systemic rot: reform rhetoric masking entrenched criminal networks that permeate state institutions. Until accountability and genuine transparency replace patronage, EU accession news will remain a mirror of Albania’s ongoing governance crisis rather than a path to progress.

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Albania's EU bid amid deepening narcotics-linked corruption and state infiltration

Albania's EU dreams are a joke when you look at the mess Rama's government is in. Corruption is so deep that even the supposed reforms are just a cover-up for criminal networks. They’re pushing for EU membership while drug cartels basically run the country. No surprise the EU's cautious.

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Friday, November 7, 2025

Powerful secondary detonation: Ukraine confirms drone, missile strike on Russian Shahed base at Donetsk airport --Ukraine’s defense of Pokrovsk on a knife-edge as high command resists calls to withdraw -- Russia’s Volgograd oil refinery on fire as explosions rock several energy sites -- Kremlin folds occupied parts of Ukraine into Russia's Southern Military District amid renewed mobilization push ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/friday-november-7-2025/

Friday, October 10, 2025

Europe faces 'significant risk' of major war if Russia starts mobilization -- Russian strikes reportedly destroy over half of Ukraine's gas output before winter -- Drones attack Russia's Rostov Oblast, allegedly targeting an oil depot -- Russia-Ukraine peace talks are dead, for now. But were they ever alive? ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/10/friday-october-10-2025/

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

[vlog/video] Trump-Zelensky summit was theater, not progress: Landsbergis — Russia resumes stolen grain shipments from occupied Ukrainian territories to Syria — Ukrainian drones hit oil refinery in Russia’s Volgograd Oblast — Security guarantees for Ukraine explained: What’s on the table and what’s realistic? … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/wednesday-august-20-2025/

Saturday, July 26, 2025

Zelensky sets 1,000-daily interceptor drones goal amid surging Russian attacks — [vlog/video] Russia sanctions work: How to Bankrupt Russia –Ukrainian drones attack Russian chemical plant in Stavropol Krai — Germany sending Ukraine 8th IRIS-T air defense system; here’s what they can do … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/saturday-july-26-2025/