Low growth, unemployment, inequality, and poverty are no longer reliable markers for capturing the 'economic cleansing' afflicting European institutions and societies throughout Europe. This 'works' on the backs of all those who have simply been expelled.
Researchers participating in the reconstruction of the 2011 “Left-to-die boat” case in which 63 migrants lost their life under NATO’s eyes, summarize three years of inconclusive demands for disclosure and justice. As the European Council addresses the EU’s long-term migration policy, they say deat
If Europe is not for something then it is good for nothing. I propose that we think of Europe as being for flourishing.
Today we have to move away from the idea of a United States of Europe, to think of the EU as a republic, as the European res publica, and to put citizens and civil society back into the centre stage that they have abandoned.
This affirmation of Europe is not a simple one; it is preceded by the choice to inherit the discourses of Europe with its tensions, contradictions and aporia.
David Cameron, his deputy and even the leader of the opposition Labour Party, all find support for someone you disagree with bewildering.
On the crucial question of EU reform, reframing the European debate can actually facilitate, rather than obstruct, substantive changes in policy. Substance vs narrative is a false dichotomy.
European citizens through a democratic process or national governments and lobbies? Will Europe integrate and renew democratic legitimization, or remain a loose economic association of neoliberal experimentation?
Proposals are multiplying – especially as evidence mounts that the crisis is continuing, despite all the official announcements of its end. Why not save Europe today, so that we can consider, in due course, how best to proceed with deeper, more difficult measures later on?
Could the political success of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) in the aftermath of the 2014 European elections undermine Tory success in the 2015 British elections?
Most of us share hard work, family and the hope of an easier future. Most of us want love, companionship and to be comfortable in our own skin. Film review.
Many people will be affected by the results of the Euro-elections in Greece and across the continent—including those fetching up at its borders.
