There was for a moment a breath of democracy in the crisis of the European currency and an attempt at honesty. But the Greek referendum was not to be. This was heavy duty blackmail says openDemocracy founding editor. Takis Pappas could not disagree more.
The periphery and core countries of the EU have been locked for many years prior to the crisis into opposing ‘virtuous’ and ‘vicious’ circles. How do we buck the trend?
As the future of Greece and the euro are again plunged into uncertainty, is there any more certainty to be found at home in the UK?
Each EU country has a relationship to Europe which tells you about its own makeup, character and inclinations. Ireland, which entered the European Economic Community in 1973, is no exception.
If society depicts immigration and immigrants as worthless and useless for the economy, these enemy images will lead to a hostile attitude towards all newcomers. The breach between locals and immigrants will become deeper and this soon undermines the social cohesion of any society.
Both the British union and the European Union are in crisis. With Europe set to integrate and the British state heading for collapse, could there soon be more similarities than differences between the two? And how will their fates be intertwined?
One of the first actions of the Libyan Transitional National Council has posed a challenge for European countries.
The Conservative Eurosceptic tradition in Britain presents itself as patriotic. Yet the rhetoric on sovereignty hides the real goal: unfettered markets and unregulated banks.
What is the real motive behind Conservatives' desire to leave the EU? Patriotic pride in Britain? Or the desire to abolish workers' rights?
The European Union’s combination of crises - of finance, politics, and identity - makes the once unthinkable a real prospect: Europe is not "too big to fail". What then should concerned Europeans do to ensure their continent's survival and progress? Andre Wilkens proposes five foundations for acti
Far more dangerous than the present financial crisis threatening the euro, Greece looks like a failed EU state, which puts at risk the stability of the entire European project.
The EU's crisis has been framed as an economic one, with the self-interest of individuals in nation states pitted one against the other: if the Greeks do well, the Germans do badly. But Europe needs a plural political existence - European political parties expressing this - in order to function
