Grayling Insights
A VIEW FROM HUNGARY: A COUNTRY WITH POTENTIAL
Přidal Na 25.01.2011 Od Zsuzsanna Benyó V Central and Eastern Europe, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Grayling Insights, Czech Republic
Hungary’s EU Presidency is a unique opportunity for the country, not just because its next term is not scheduled until 2024, but primarily because Hungary can capitalise on the experience, knowledge, and relationships that such a high-ranking role can provide. Furthermore, this is an opportunity for a country that only…
Hungarian Presidency takes to the boards
Přidal Na 19.01.2011 Od Robert Francis V Central and Eastern Europe, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Grayling Insights, Czech Republic
The rotating EU Presidency is one of those strange Brussels traditions which appears to make little sense to outsiders but always manages to capture the imagination of the eurocrowd in Brussels. This time it’s Hungary’s time in the limelight, and the talk in the EU institutions is all about what…
Labour draw first blood in 2011
Přidal Na 14.01.2011 Od Jason Raj V Central and Eastern Europe, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Grayling Insights, Czech Republic
Labour: 14,718 (42.1%, up from 36.1%)Lib Dems: 11,160 (31.9%, up from 31.6%)Conservatives: 4,481 (12.8%, down from 26.4%) The bookmakers all but stopped taking bets on Labour winning the Oldham East & Saddleworth by-election and Labour duly emerged victorious, with its candidate Debbie Abrahams extending the Labour poll lead from the…
Happy New Year?
Přidal Na 7.01.2011 Od Jonathan Curtis V Central and Eastern Europe, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Grayling Insights, Czech Republic
As Big Ben struck midnight and I was greeted with the odd drunk hug, text message and tweet wishing me a happy new year, all I could think of was Value Added Tax. A strange thing to have on my mind as my friends sipped cheap champagne and danced around…