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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“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 […]
The bad relations between Thierry Breton and his president [of the Commission] were widely known. The commissioner also underlined in his farewell letter the “recent developments” that pointed to “yet another dubious display of governance.” “There has always been plenty of conflict and friction between the two of them. In the European bubble, among pro-Ursula […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
