In The Press

Politics moves fast. These are the outlets that have called on me to make sense of it.

From breaking election results to EU institutional shifts and the rise of the far-right, below is a selection of my media appearances, quotes, and features across broadcast, print, and digital.

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Italy’s Meloni breaks with Trump over war in Iran, pope

“Meloni is a pragmatist,” said Julien Hoez, editor of the French Dispatch and a political analyst. “There are various reasons she has decided to take on Trump — because he is unpopular in Italy, because Italians are reeling under high energy prices, because she wants to recover from the loss she faced in the referendum, […]

EU says Orban doesn’t represent bloc in Georgia

“Viktor Orban is clear that he wants more authoritarian, anti-democratic, pro-Russian actors in the European political sphere,” said Julien Hoez, the editor of The French Dispatch and a geopolitical consultant. Hoez said he believed that the European Union might draft a unified condemnation at an upcoming meeting. “There’s an informal council on 8 November in Budapest that […]

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How the European Parliament helps normalize the far right

Not all parties in the ECR are considered far-right, but the dominance of the Brothers of Italy has some lawmakers and political analysts concerned. Julien Hoez, editor of a politics newsletter and EU affairs consultant, said the ECR is split between those who are just “euroskeptic right wingers [and] those who are more toxic far-right […]

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Ursula von der Leyen faces crucial EU vote on her future

Neither the politicians nor the experts DW spoke with believe that it will be as easy as Lopez implied. There’s no guarantee everyone in the coalition will vote for von der Leyen. “It’s going to be tight,” said Julien Hoez, a Brussels-based EU expert. Hoez said a secret vote ensures “there can be no reprisals […]

What does Hungary’s Viktor Orban want?

Julien Hoez, a political advisor and expert in EU affairs, said Orban’s latest shenanigans are aimed at scoring points at home after his Fidesz party notched its worst ever electoral performance in the EU elections in Hungary last month. Although Orban’s party and allies got 44% of the vote, they lost ground to Peter Magyar, […]

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French far-right’s election upset and Macron’s crown of thorns

The President’s bold move to ally with the leftists might have saved the day for him, but the real test begins when he shares power with an ideologically different group. Click here

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