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Published in: HomeSocial democracy and Europe’s crisisElections in France in 2012, Germany in 2013, the European elections of 2014 and the ongoing negotiations for the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDemocracy and its definitions: a talk by Donatella Della Porta
Presenting the data gathered through an extensive, cross-national research project carried out in different European...
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Published in: HomeWithering carnations
After airing an opinion piece criticizing Portugal’s Angola politics, a radio show is pulled and questions about...
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Published in: HomeOf incontinence pads and private equity
Recent revelations on the privatised health and elderly care sectors in Sweden make for an excellent example of the...
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Published in: HomeFrance’s sombre destiny
While history tells us that Marine Le Pen would not stand a chance in the second round of the presidential...
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Published in: HomeStronger Europe or democratic sovereignty? Yes please
In search of a new European politics, we must face the fact that we have skirted the political question of identity:...
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Published in: HomeMeet the new boss in Ireland
That’s how democracy works between the EU and Ireland. The EU and its servants in the Dáil either give the Irish...
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Published in: HomeEurope’s radical right: recognising and managing the ‘threat’
Safeguarding communities and nations from the potential threats of radical right narratives is not about controlling...
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Published in: HomeHungary: democracy through twilight
The sweeping reform programme of Viktor Orbán's Hungarian government is provoking alarm among its domestic critics...
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Published in: HomeExceptionalism as an excuse in Europe’s crisis
This crisis is being used by the national leaders to push the EU down the wrong institutional path, namely...
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Published in: HomeHow to understand Hungary
The portrayal of Hungary and its current government by the international media and external actors is one-sided and...
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Published in: HomeAnother summit, another bleak day for European democracy
The new 'fiscal compact' treaty agreed at Monday's summit aims to take vital economic policy choices out of the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain needs a transformative budgetBritain is on the brink of a double-dip recession. She needs to begin the fundamental reshaping of her political...
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Published in: HomeHidden from view, debarred from debate - EU report on arms exports
The report attempts to collate data on 2010 weapons sales by EU member countries. Western Europeans were the biggest...
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Published in: HomeHungary: democracy crisis, diagnosis and appeal
The government of Hungary led by Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party is alarming many by its establishment of...
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Published in: HomeEU democracy in crisis: mired in a perfect storm or rebounding?If the heart of the crisis lies in the politics – including in the politics of the economic policy choices being...
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Published in: openEconomyCredit rating agencies: the wrong institutions for public judgement
Whether the ratings agencies get this or that decision right or wrong - they were probably right in the case of the...
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Published in: HomeEurope and democracy-promotion: making good
The Arab uprisings of 2011 are provoking the European Union into a rethink of its approach to encouraging democracy...
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Published in: HomeWhere were you when Europe fell apart?
Too many Europeans have too long avoided the question of Europe. To prevent the EU from turning into a...
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Published in: HomeStructural funds and crocodile tears
Misdirected EU aid has strengthened rent-seeking elements in the Greek economy and fostered political clientelism,...