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For a European Republic

Today we have to move away from the idea of a United States of Europe, to think of the EU as a republic, as the European res publica, and to put citizens and civil society back into the centre stage that they have abandoned.

By Andres Ortega and Ulrike Guerot

/ 24 Jun 2014

For a European Republic

Today we have to move away from the idea of a United States of Europe, to think of the EU as a republic, as the European res publica, and to put citizens and civil society back into the centre stage that they have abandoned.

By Andres Ortega and Ulrike Guerot

/ 24 Jun 2014

The nuclear options of Catalonia

The huge demonstration in Barcelona on September 11 – the national day of Catalonia – under the banner of “Catalonia, a State of Europe”, has changed the stakes. Independence would be bad for Catalonia, but it would be even worse for Spain.

By Andres Ortega

/ 20 Sep 2012

The power of the few

If globalisation has made the world flatter, it has also fragmented it into crevices, mountains and a myriad of islets. The new media and the standardising technology favor the multiplication

By Andres Ortega

/ 4 Oct 2007