There is an alternative way of "letting the people decide" on an issue where MPs seem incapable of agreeing a coherent policy. The Greeks had a word for it: democracy.
The students that the government is hoping to dissuade from studying in France are the young people of its former colonies. How does this square with ‘patriotism as openness’?
After the COP21 in Paris, Macron wanted to become the world leader on Climate Change. But what could seem accurate policy measures not always are perceived as fair politics.
For the past two years openDemocracy has been tracking down the secretive, wealthy donors trying to influence British politics unseen.
Congolese activist Julienne Lusenge talks about the struggle to end wartime sexual violence and why she appreciates the MeToo campaign.
This introduction to the updated Greek edition of the 2016 book brings to its thought-provoking chronological account three more eventful years for the far right, populism, Euroscepticism and liberal democracy.
Let us have an end to fighting the referendum campaign ad infinitum and ad nauseam. Now is the time to get real.
The British people, failed by their natural representative, the Labour Party, opted for the nationalist radicalism of Farage’s UKIP. Thus, the demagogues won. But not those who voted for them.
Unguarded comments about "intelligence", "transcriptions of conversations" and knowing "what the Europeans are thinking" prompt fury in Brussels
Los delitos financieros no son ningún error de funcionamiento, sino una característica de nuestro sistema financiero global. Este precursor mensaje de la economista Susan Strange es hoy más urgente que nunca. English
Innovar políticamente no se traduce en un proceso lineal de avance en el cual lo nuevo lucha contra lo viejo. Las victorias deben traducirse en resultados tangibles para toda sociedad.
