Paulina Frank is a third-year International Studies student at Leiden University, currently on exchange at the University of Leeds. She serves as a Research Fellow in EPIS Thinktank's Working Group on International Law & Treaties. Alongside her research, Paulina works as Democracy and Good Governance Officer at Gender Concerns International, where she coordinated the GEOM 2026 election observation mission in Morocco. She writes for the European Relations Association on EU foreign policy.
Is EU rule-of-law enforcement a genuine legal mechanism or a political sanction with legal justification added afterwards? Using Hungary after the 2026 change of government, this brief compares Article 7 TEU, financial conditionality and Article 258 TFEU proceedings. It argues that the legal fram…
The alliance of Musk, Trump, and the AfD shifts foreign influence from covert tactics to open platform amplification. This public model uses algorithmic promotion to bypass old regulations, creating a new framework for leveraging foreign influence in upcoming European elections.
