Political Critique Archive

I feel like I am smuggling neglected Central and East European literary values into World literature.

Deliveroo, Foodora, Giovo. The success of these companies depends on the exploitation of an invisible precariat. Now, against all expectations these workers are mobilizing across borders to claim their rights.

An oak near to the village of Spělkov will commemorate the Roma partisan.

Now, a quarter of a century later, much of the population of former Yugoslavia look back with nostalgia at the communist days of old.

PiS is derailing the debate from environmental issues to their favourite narrative: them being true patriotic Poles against the EU.

The European public will have a greater impact on the Brexit negotiations than is usually recognised. But where are Britain’s closest allies? And who would relish a firm separation? 

Political Critique’s weekly selection from the Eastern European press.

The main characteristic of Orbán’s political machinery is his ability to masterfully combine different fears.

EU hopefuls in the Balkans and Caucasus featured in an unflattering tug-of-war between Brexit enthusiasts and their opponents.

’We got into the car, we had to go. There was nothing to think about. There is no other place in which we should be right now.’