On the state of the rule of law in the EU and illiberal tendencies in Hungary, Poland and the case of Slovenia.

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ROLAND FREUDENSTEIN – Grew up in West Germany, did his military service at NATO HQ in Belgium and studied political science, economics, Japan studies and international relations in Bonn and Los Angeles.

He has worked at the German Council on Foreign Relations, the European Commission in Brussels, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Warsaw and Berlin, the Hamburg State Government and the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies in Brussels.

Since October 2021 he is Vice President of GLOBSEC, Central Europe’s biggest think tank, and Head of GLOBSEC Brussels.

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