Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
Barbara Spinelli is an Italian writer and journalist. She has been a columnist for Corriere della Sera, La Stampa and La Repubblica on issues of international and European politics. Since June 2014, she is member of the European Parliament in the GUE/NGL group. Her latest book is: "La sovranità assente" (Absent sovereignty), Einaudi 2014. She blogs at http://barbara-spinelli.it/.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?An open letter on the attempted coup in TurkeyOpen letter to: Ms Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy /...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Something rotten in the migration compact 2.0 of Matteo Renzi?If Europeans are appalled at the xenophobia and racism to be found in their countries, the question is - why are...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A migration pact not fit for purposeTen points regarding the recent migration pact proposed by the Renzi government in Italy.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?2016 will be remembered as the EU's year of shame2016 will be remembered as the year in which the European Union definitively broke the civilisation pact on which it...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?From London to Athens, Europe is an empty shellOptimists affirm that the EU-UK agreement has a positive side: London cannot veto the will of other member states...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The EU’s disastrous status quoThe risk is of losing on both fronts, on a national level and a European level, where elections go by without...