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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Populist snapshots: Lega Nord (Italy)
This excerpt is from a debate in the European Parliament referring to the expiry on 1 January 2014 of temporary...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?How to address apathy and avoid confusion
The post-1989 generation is the ‘shallow generation’ because of its proclivity for apathy. How can this inherently...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The populist appeal – bottom-up perspectives: The ‘Participation Society’ of the Netherlands
These remarks, extracted from a meeting with citizens in Leidsche Rijn, confirm findings that only 20% of Dutch...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The populist appeal – bottom-up perspectives: Finland's biggest problems
The small city of Kouvola lies in forests where once the paper industry thrived. Recently, the region has suffered...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Greece is the future of Europe
Austerity and popular resistance are essential to a political diagnosis for contemporary Europe. Political...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?In defence of electing the European Commission president
In May, for the first time ever, European citizens will have a chance to (indirectly) elect the next president of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Euro elections 2014: You tell us (05/03/14) part two
Young bloggers from across the EU tell us what's on their minds. Leading this week are the issues of minority...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Euro elections 2014: You tell us (05/03/14) part one
Young bloggers from across the EU tell us what's on their minds. Leading this week are the issues of Ukraine, French...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Voting for the climate?
Climate policy should be a major consideration for voters heading for the polls in May’s European parliamentary elections.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Populist snapshots: this week’s exchange in the European Parliament
An excerpt from the debate on discriminatory internet sites and government reactions (March 13, 2012, Strasbourg),...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Euro elections 2014: You Tell Us (17/02/14) Part Two
Young bloggers from across the EU tell us what's on their minds. Leading this week are the protests in Bosnia and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Polish prospects in the May 2014 elections
The European elections in Poland will be treated as a test of political parties' national popularity, rather than...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Euro elections 2014: You Tell Us (17/02/14) Part One
Young bloggers from across the EU tell us what's on their minds. Leading this week are the issues of migration,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Who decides how European elections work: the party or the electorate?
There may be only one European election, but how the candidates in each country are elected can be quite different....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A march on Brussels? Never say never!
Conservative and nationalist blocks have successfully politicized Euro-elections. The other parties must clearly...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?End the hypocrisy of European arms deals in the Middle East
Earlier this month the South Korean export agency announced that, following an international campaign supported by...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The same creed: a conversation about Scandinavian democracy with Bo Lidegaard
"In my eyes, there is nothing in the Scandinavia model that suggests that we cannot compete. Actually, there is a...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Green but not in the way you might think
Greece is a nation afflicted with polarized political forces. Could the Greek Green Party’s latest MEP nomination...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?What Romania can teach the western world
Unlike France, Italy or the Netherlands, the crisis of Romania’s elites has not led to a rise in xenophobic politics...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Sweden's super election year
Sweden will hold crucial national elections in September. Does that leave any political space for the European...