The coming two weekends will bring elections in Austria and the Czech Republic.
The stakes are considerably lower than in the Dutch, French, and German elections that seemed decisive for the survival of the European project itself.
Yet, the results from the two small central European nations will be illustrative of the direction in which central European politics is headed today. In all likelihood, the centre will hold. Yet, it will be a different centre from the one many have t...
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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.