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Sławomir Sierakowski

Sławomir Sierakowski

Writing for PS since 2015
118 commentaries
3 videos & podcasts

Sławomir Sierakowski, Founder of the Krytyka Polityczna movement, is a Mercator senior fellow. 

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  1. Viktor Orbán’s Home for Populist Fugitives
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    Viktor Orbán’s Home for Populist Fugitives

    Jan 7, 2025 Sławomir Sierakowski highlights the Hungarian leader’s policy of offering asylum to European politicians facing corruption charges.

  2. Has Angela Merkel No Shame?
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    Has Angela Merkel No Shame?

    Nov 28, 2024 Sławomir Sierakowski marvels at the former German chancellor’s denial of her own role in Europe’s current malaise.

  3. Could Trump Be Good for Europe?
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    Could Trump Be Good for Europe?

    Nov 11, 2024 Sławomir Sierakowski thinks the coming change in US leadership could be the shock that the European Union needs.

  4. Polish Democracy’s Winter of Discontent
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    Polish Democracy’s Winter of Discontent

    Oct 25, 2024 Sławomir Sierakowski explains why enthusiasm for the country’s ruling coalition has waned over the past year.

  5. The Real Winners of the European Election
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    The Real Winners of the European Election

    Jun 11, 2024 Sławomir Sierakowski considers who is in the strongest position after a far-right wave failed to materialize.

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    Trump’s Looming Deficit Disaster

    Desmond Lachman explains why the US president’s trade tariffs and planned tax cuts are at odds with basic economic realities.
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    Governing AI for the Public Interest

    Mariana Mazzucato & Tommaso Valletti explain why the UK government’s recently released AI “action plan” misses the mark.
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    Putting the Trump-Modi Bromance to the Test

    Brahma Chellaney hopes that the US and Indian leaders take concrete steps to reset and deepen the bilateral relationship.
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    The Dark Side of EU Deregulation

    Alberto Alemanno warns that the bloc’s efforts to reduce bureaucratic red tape will do more harm than good.
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    Daniel Gros on DeepSeek, Germany's malaise, EU competitiveness, and more

    Daniel Gros hopes that a Chinese startup's apparent AI breakthrough will provide a much-needed boost to European competitiveness, advises the EU on how to deal with Donald Trump, urges Europe to improve conditions for bottom-up innovation, and more.
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    Trump Will Not Kill the Global Energy Transition

    Ian Bremmer

    Despite Donald Trump's promise to boost fossil-fuel production, the economic and technological forces driving the clean-energy revolution cannot be stopped. The global transition will power forward, even if America has abandoned climate leadership, and even if the road ahead includes a few more bumps.

    assuages fears that the global energy transition will be thrown into reverse by the new US administration.
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    A Reformed WHO Should Make Its Case to America

    Gordon Brown wants to reassure the Trump administration that a revamped organization could serve US and global interests.
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    The Age of Multipolarization

    Tobias Bunde & Sophie Eisentraut think a better future depends on whether a world with more poles can find ways to mitigate dangerous divisions.
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    Will US Export Restrictions Work?

    Barry Eichengreen

    Perhaps US efforts to cut off China’s access to advanced semiconductors will be more successful than analogous restrictions on tech exports to France in the 1960s. But we now have at least one data point – DeepSeek – that suggests otherwise.

    questions the effectiveness of efforts to limit China’s access to advanced semiconductors.

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