europe: after the constitution: all articles

Will Europe’s people be owners of their continent’s future, or mere spectators of it? And what would a democratic Europe look like? Reinhard Hesse and Andrew Moravcsik discuss politics, amity, and vision - while Paul Gillespie assesses the role of Irish diplomacy in making the constitution possible.
Tuesday 29th September

Ireland’s European referendum: second take, high stake

John O'Brennan, 29 September 2009
The Irish people's second vote on the Lisbon treaty reveals a serious "democratic deficit"
Wednesday 29th July

Europe, America, Russia: the world-changing tide

29 July 2009
An open letter to President Obama is caught in nostalgia and fails to address emerging global realities.
Saturday 26th July

Europe’s other legitimacy crisis

Ivan Krastev, 26 July 2008
A stark European Union report on Bulgaria is an anti-populist political wager for hard times
Wednesday 25th June

Europe’s trance of unreality

Ivan Krastev, 25 June 2008

The old continent was once the model for a new world. No longer. But its elites are in denial

Monday 23rd June

Democracy and referenda: a rejoinder to Gisela Stuart

George Schöpflin, 23 June 2008
Modern European history shows why representative democracy is better than direct
Saturday 21st June

Europe’s coal-mine, Ireland’s canary

Krzysztof Bobinski, 21 June 2008
The Irish "no" to the Lisbon treaty is a political test for the whole European Union
Wednesday 18th June

Referenda: democracy vs elites

Gisela Stuart, 18 June 2008
George Schöpflin is wrong - Europe's peoples need a direct vote on how they are governed
Tuesday 17th June

Turkey's judicial-political crisis

Kirsty Hughes, 17 June 2008
Turkey's political fissures test its stability and put its orientation towards Europe in question
Monday 16th June

The referendum: populism vs democracy

George Schöpflin, 16 June 2008
The idea of a referendum as instrument of the people's will belongs to a pre-democratic era
Friday 13th June

The Lisbon treaty and the Irish voter: democratic deficits

Joseph Curtin and Johnny Ryan, 13 June 2008
Ireland's rejection of the European Union's "reform treaty" exposes a democratic deficit in Dublin as much as in Brussels
Monday 22nd October

Europe’s higher ground

John Palmer, 22 October 2007

After the treaty, the EU's test: regulate globalisation and revive democracy

 

Thursday 18th October

Europe’s “reform treaty”: ends and beginnings

Hugo Brady and Katinka Barysch, 18 October 2007

The European Union's exhaustive progress carries a bitter price

Tuesday 3rd July

European Union: from backdoor to front

Michael Bruter, 3 July 2007

The European Union's political future depends on myth-clearing and democracy-making

Thursday 28th June

The Polish confusion

Krzysztof Bobinski, 28 June 2007

Warsaw's blocking approach weakens the European Union and damages Poland itself

Tuesday 26th June

Europe’s next steps

John Palmer, 26 June 2007
The European Union must now raise its sights and learn to manage globalisation
Tuesday 27th March

A German vision: greening globalisation

Ehsan Masood, 27 March 2007
A plan to link climate-change policy with biodiversity loss renews the twenty-year-old idea of sustainable development, says Ehsan Masood.
Monday 26th March

From Berlin to Lisbon: the European Union back on the road

John Palmer, 26 March 2007
The European Union has left the recovery ward. A demanding reform process now lies ahead, says John Palmer.
Sunday 25th March

Europe's green power

Mats Engström, 25 March 2007
The addition of a serious environmental dimension to the European Union's internal reform and soft-power diplomacy could yet make 2007 a year of vision, says Mats Engström.
Friday 23rd March

The European Union's troubled birthday

George Schöpflin, 23 March 2007
The European Union is marking its half-century in celebration and self-doubt. It is a historic achievement, says George Schöpflin, but the EU now faces two great challenges: renewing its legitimacy, and facing globalisation.
Thursday 22nd March

The European Union in 2057

Frank Vibert, 22 March 2007
Its first half-century has been a qualified success for the European Union. Its fate in the next depends on its ability to look outward, says Frank Vibert.
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