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Published in: openDemocracyUKIf you care about climate and international development, vote for Europe
Our ability to influence climate change and global development would be seriously curtailed by leaving the EU, not...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The UK and Denmark: growing public euroscepticism
The UK and Denmark are two of the most eurosceptic members of the EU, but can the two countries' eurosceptic...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Hubris and nemesis: the nine lives of Mr Berlusconi
In Italy, the European elections are gaining importance because they could well constitute a watershed in the long...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Those who vote ‘euro-sceptic’ and the citizens of the Europe to come
The abolition of freedom of movement within the EU, widely regarded as one of the central achievements of the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The divided house of anti-Europe
Right-wing Eurosceptic parties will have more MEPs than ever before in the next European Parliament. But this...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Euro elections 2014: You Tell Us bloggers discuss the far right in Europe (part one)
Our young bloggers from across the EU discuss the rise of the far right in Europe. Part two here.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Euro elections 2014: You Tell Us bloggers discuss the far right in Europe (part two)
Our young bloggers from across the EU discuss the rise of the far right in Europe. Part one here.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Mythic origins or original sin? Euroscepticism and an ever closer reality
Euroscepticism is a strategically invented social construct – much like the myth of “ever closer union” itself – to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The European Union’s problem is substance, not narrative
The hard fact that 'pro-Europeans' have to grasp is that for many people the EU is not at all that great. Quite the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Let's forget about EU reforms
Those who bet their political career on EU reforms are likely to return from Brussels with little to show to their...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Bulgaria: leaving no man's land behind for the EU open door
One lesson we are learning is that although Brussels is important, it is not a universal solution. Brussels is used...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Scotland, independence and the EU elections
The European election is the last major political set piece event in the UK before Scotland votes on its...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Populist snapshots: Movimento 5 Stelle (Italy)
This excerpt is taken from the encounter between Beppe Grillo and Matteo Renzi on 19 February. Commentary follows.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A black cloud over the EU?
The newly announced Le Pen-Wilders alliance in the European parliament has re-ignited speculation about the rise of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Euro elections 2014: You Tell Us bloggers discuss apathy (part two)
Young bloggers from across the EU discuss apathy among young people in Europe. Part one here.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Euro elections 2014: You Tell Us bloggers discuss apathy (part one)
Young bloggers from across the EU discuss apathy among young people in Europe. Part two here.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Radical Democracy: European video challenge 2014
Doc Next Network is calling on media makers to share their views on Europe on video. The network of independent...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Europe's future has been captured: it is time to fight back
The financial crisis has resulted in xenophobic immigration policies and a rise of far-right movements across...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The populist appeal – bottom-up perspectives: Finland and the loss of moral values
These are extracts from citizen consultations in Kuopio, regional centre of 100,000 inhabitants in the middle of a...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The populist appeal – bottom-up perspectives: the Netherlands, a view from the south
These extracts draw on citizen consultation in Maastricht, the capital city of Limburg, a southern region of the...