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Published in: openEconomyWhy the Euro is a force of political centralisationThis article was published 11 years ago in the Salisbury Review - then a small right-wing magazine edited by oD...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: the return of the State
Too much economic activity in finance, too little investment for the real economy and society. Consumption falls,...
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Published in: HomeCriticism of EU-Libya migration policy is too little, too late
An EU-Libya framework agreement signed in 2010 is only the tip of the iceberg of shameful EU extraterritorialised...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: the green alternative
Repeated institutional failures of the European Union are before us. Against current neoliberal ideology, the Green...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: when Europe went right it went wrong
The turn into a neoliberal direction of European integration is at the root of the present crisis. In the search to...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: racing for the lifeboats
In July, amidst great drama, the Eurozone seemed to enact a political compromise, saving the euro as a single...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: movements and democracy
Europe’s crisis is a crisis of democracy. The ‘democracy of the experts’ cannot deliver: representative democracy is...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: questions on the UnionWhat do the mountains of debt of a west that used to be rich have in common? Were errors made in the construction...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: the making of the Union’s crisisYes, European leaders could all agree when it came to imposing austerity on Athens, Dublin, Lisbon and Rome,...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of July 24th 2011
This report is dedicated to the memory of Amy Winehouse, who tragically passed away yesterday. As we mourn the loss...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe EU approaches a constitutional moment
A retreat from the present unsatisfactory half-way house to a Gaullist ‘Europe des Patries’ would be an act of...
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Published in: HomeThe EU in the Arab spring
The EU has a choice to make: does it want to assert itself as a normative power, or does it want to stay an...
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Published in: HomeTrue challenge of a European demos
José Ignacio Torreblanca accuses Europe’s politicians of having comprehensively failed in speaking to or for Europe....
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Published in: HomeOur European incapacityIf we are to articulate a ‘politics of hope’ in contemporary Europe, then we must revisit such problematic concepts...
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Published in: Shine A LightThe coordinated attack on multiculturalism
Centre-right parties across Europe are announcing the failure of multiculturalism. We are witnessing a co-ordinated...
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Published in: HomeEU foreign policy: moving on from LibyaHistorically, internal divisions have caused the EU to be flat-footed in responding to foreign policy crises. But by...
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Published in: HomeCalling Europe's bluff in north Africa
Europe has taken too little interest in the political path of its southern neighbours, argues Fabrizio Tassinari.
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Published in: HomeStudents: hitch up to Europe
A wave of student protest animated Britain’s political scene in late 2010 and highlighted wider concerns about the...
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Published in: openSecurityDrilling for war
Provocative demonstrations of US military might are no way to avert conflict in east Asia, argues Angel Gómez-de-Ágreda
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Published in: openEconomyPPP pushers: why can't the EBRD stop?
Public Private Partnerships – the off-balance-sheet instrument of choice for indebted governments – are still...
