Press Corner
As a journalist, you will find here all the press material you need to keep you up to date on the liberal world. For any queries, please contact ELF Head of Communications Tamás Toplak at ttoplak@liberalforum.eu.
As a journalist, you will find here all the press material you need to keep you up to date on the liberal world. For any queries, please contact ELF Head of Communications Tamás Toplak at ttoplak@liberalforum.eu.
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05.12.2023
In its digital quest, the EU stands at a crossroads, employing the European Cybersecurity Certification Scheme (EUCS) to balance cybersecurity, autonomy, and global aspirations while probing the efficiency of governance and sovereignty, writes Francesco Cappelletti, ELF Senior Policy & Research Officer for Euractiv.
05.12.2023
The protracted, demotivating experience of the Western Balkans accession should serve as a template for Kyiv to avoid, writes Dr Antonios Nestoras, ELF Deputy Executive Director in his latest op-ed for Visegrad Insight.
27.11.2023
A Marie Claire article on the ‘European political #MeToo’, references the ELF publication by Jasmina Mršo, Editor for Party Party & Managing Editor at the European Network of Political Foundations, assessing data of violence against women in politics.
27.11.2023
For Brussels Morning, Michael Emerson, Senior Research Fellow at CEPS, discusses the EU’s Temporary Protection for Ukrainians, including the long-term implications & the hazards ahead.
30.10.2023
For Brussels Morning, Kira Rudik, ALDE Party Vice President and ELF Liberal Awards Winner explores Ukraine’s digital arsenal and digital transformation despite the full-scale war in the country and in an effort to deepen EU integration.
11.09.2023
For New Eastern Europe, Dr. Antonios Nestoras, ELF Deputy Executive Director, does a deeper exploration into the underlying causes of EU enlargement stalemate, revealing a surprising factor at the heart of the delay – the state of public administration, an often-overlooked linchpin in the ambitious pursuit of EU integration.
24.05.2023
For eureporter, Francesco Cappelletti, ELF Senior Policy & Research Officer, proposes that the EU should consider organising an international summit to establish core principles for safer AI practices towards a Treaty on Artificial Intelligence.
10.04.2023
For Brussels Morning, Dr Antonios Nestoras, ELF Deputy Executive Director explains how the negotiations for the 1141 Regulation may impact European Political Parties, limiting the participation of non-EU actors.
22.02.2023
For Brussels Morning, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Renew Europe MEP & ELF First VP discusses the duty of politicians to achieve a common European strategy on asylum and migration.
08.02.2023
For Brussels Morning, ELF’s Interim Executive Director Dr Antonios Nestoras discusses new EU rules around online political advertising, arguing for a balance between transparency measures and the effective functioning of the internal market for political campaigning.
05.02.2023
ELF’s Policy and Research Officer, Dr. Maria Alesina, teamed up with Ivan Kalpakov, the Editor-in-Chief of the largest independent Russian media Meduza (in exile), to talk about Kremlin’s efforts in destroying the concept of truth.
02.02.2023
In his Brussels Morning op-ed, Dr Antonios Nestoras, ELF Interim Executive Director argues that the development of the EU’s Strategic Autonomy is essential to have achieve balance in the EU-US relations.
28.12.2022
In this EU Observer article, Dr Antonios Nestoras, ELF Interim Executive Director and Francesco Cappelletti, Policy & Research Officer explain the concept of Digital Strategic Autonomy.
04.11.2022
In this Euronews article, Dr Antonios Nestoras, ELF Interim Executive Director outlines the pitfalls of a new report published by the New Economics Foundation (NEF) and Finance Watch criticizing austerity measures implemented by EU governments since the 2007 financial crisis.
15.09.2022
In this op-ed for Tagesspiegel Background, digital expert Paul Timmers discusses European sovereignty in alignment with ELF Techno-Politics study, ‘Decoding EU Digital Strategic Autonomy’.
02.08.2022
In this new op-ed for Modern Diplomacy ELF researchers Dr Maria Alesina & Francesco Cappelletti look at the role of the EU in defining a future world order in wake of the Russia-Ukraine War.
25.07.2022
ELF Policy & Research Officer Maria Alesina discusses the war in Ukraine, the EU’s response and the ‘icy stalemate’ over European enlargement for Balkan Insight.
07.07.2022
Corriere comunicazioni provide an overview of ‘Decoding EU Digital Strategic Autonomy: Sectors, Issues, and Partners’ edited by Dr Antonios Nestoras, ELF Head of Policy and Research, Francesco Cappelletti, Officer and Dr Gerard Pogorel, Professor of Economics Emeritus at Telecom Paris. This paper is part of the ELF Techno-Politics Series.
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.05.2022
L’Economia announces the start of the the third Siena Conference on the political future of Europe, organised in cooperation with ELF.
04.05.2022
ELF Executive Director Daniel Kaddik and other experts discuss women’s leadership and how to educate female leaders during the European Economic Congress at the session “Women leaders”.
03.05.2022
ELF Executive Director Daniel Kaddik speaks to iEidiseis GR at The EU Meets the Balkans Forum in Sophia on EU enlargement.
27.04.2022
This article discusses the recent activity of European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi, including coverage of his participation in the EU Meets the Balkans Forum in Sophia.
28.03.2022
In this Euronews op-ed, ELF Head of Policy and Research, Antonios Nestoras, advocates a new European security order.
23.02.2022
ELF Head of Policy and Research, Antonios Nestoras and Francesco Cappelletti discuss the many roads to a net-zero future.
23.02.2022
“There may be dissent within the EU – but key changes and a new mindset can yet win the day” writes ELF President, MEP Hilde Vautmans.
15.12.2021
The EU’s new High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt, cut to the chase: Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing “the greatest existential crisis of the post-war period”. Read the opinion by ELF President MEP Hilde Vautmans.
05.11.2021
Science, Not Fiction is a series of events dealing with innovation and research organised by the European Liberal Forum.
28.09.2021
ELF Head of Policy and Research, Antonios Nestoras writes why the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) requires slow and gradual reform.
24.09.2021
Instead of laying the ground for the future, Merkel’s politics has been administering for today based on the successes of yesterday: a ‘Jamaica’ coalition could change the country’s future, writes ELF Executive Director Daniel Kaddik.
15.09.2021
”The bloc must find a delicate balance between adequate social support whilst encouraging individual responsibility” says Dragos Pislaru, MEP
07.09.2021
”Updating its policies on security and militarisation could dramatically improve the EU’s image – both internally and externally”, says Katalin Cseh, MEP.
02.09.2021
As the world watches in horror Kabul crumble, the EU is considering the implications of the return of the Taliban for her own security and makes plans to deal with a widening crisis. Read the full op-ed by ELF President MEP Hilde Vautmans.
31.08.2021
Francesco Cappalletti, Research Fellow at ELF, writes about Europe’s digital strategy and how it must harness innovation, maximise personal freedom and protect against new threats.
24.08.2021
Antonios Nestoras, ELF Policy and Research Coordinator, outlines a progressive plan to protect two crucial pillars of the EU from possible challenges.
17.08.2021
Nicu Ștefănuță MEP argues that to build a sustainable future, Europe must work together and aim beyond its current goals.
03.08.2021
ELF Executive Director Daniel Kaddik questions what is the European Union? What should it be? These questions are not only controversial, they also lack clear answers. The EU has evolved without ever following a grand design.
08.07.2021
Dubbed as a new Cold War, the US-China confrontation in the Pacific has now cut across the Atlantic. Yet, in a re-emerging bipolarity, Europe may this time choose to play the role of a third pole of power, writes Dr Antonios Nestoras.
30.06.2021
In the West we have naively thought that more trade and prosperity in China would automatically lead to more democracy. We could not have been more wrong, writes ELF President MEP Hilde Vautmans.
14.04.2021
ELF Executive Director Daniel Kaddik writes that the Conference on the Future of Europe must avoid becoming a mere publicity stunt, when the bloc needs drastic change.
05.02.2021
It is high time the EU considered enforcing shared licenses on vaccine patents that were partly paid for by European citizens. To fix the fiasco, the EU needs a European vaccine – and the world will need it, too, writes ELF Head of Policy and Research Dr Antonios Nestoras.
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