At the recently held local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, new technologies such as biometric identification and video surveillance were used for the first time to ensure a more transparent electoral process. Women remain underrepresented in public and political life.
Czechia belongs, according to Fiala, to a group of countries that have long wanted a stricter version of the migration pact, stricter asylum or return policy.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor, who claimed before the European Parliament that he wanted to “change” the EU, was harshly criticized for his relations with the Kremlin and his policy often seen as contrary to the rule of law.
Austria, the Netherlands, and 15 other Schengen countries are calling in a “non-paper” published by the Dutch government for “repatriations to be facilitated and accelerated through a new legal framework based on a new proposal.”
According to two Eurobarometer surveys published on Tuesday, more than half of the Austrian respondents said they had already experienced internal border controls, compared to 28 percent EU-wide. One fifth of Austrian companies were affected, compared to 7 percent EU-wide.