“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?”

- William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

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About Jef Huysmans

Jef Huysmans is the director of CCIG and he holds a Chair in Security Studies at The Open University.

Articles by Jef Huysmans

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Francesc Badia i Dalmases is Editor and Director of democraciaAbierta.

European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

Why bother about digital rights? An absence in the election campaigns

Jef Huysmans and Amandine Scherrer 15 April 2015

Digital rights are too often reduced to questions of ‘security’. In their election manifestos none of the major British parties appear to have grasped their wider significance.

The EU's active fight for digital rights

Amandine Scherrer and Jef Huysmans 19 May 2014

Protecting personal data is high on the EU agenda, and Snowden’s revelations undoubtedly triggered reactions and actions in Europe and across EU Member States, the significance of which should not be underestimated.