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Category Archives: Europe
Mar 19 2018
Immigration, Welfare Chauvinism and the Support for Radical Right Parties in Europe
Leave a commentBy Luis Cornago Bonal and Delia Zollinger Over a decade ago, Alesina and Glaeser (2004) argued that support for welfare policies in Europe will decrease as European countries become more ethnically diverse, primarily due to the difficulties of maintaining solidarity … Continue reading
Posted by: March 19, 2018
Tagged with: immigration, Nationalism, populism, welfare chauvinism
Mar 14 2018
Could the Current Reform Plan Make the Eurozone Sustainable?
1 CommentBy Konstantinos Myrodias The Eurozone is recovering from a long crisis; growth rates are turning positive across the Eurozone after a decade, business confidence is rising. Current accounts are balanced after the brutal adjustment in the periphery. The overall unemployment in the … Continue reading
Posted by: March 14, 2018
Tagged with: European Minister of Finance, European Monetary Fund, Eurozone, Eurozone architecture
Jan 19 2018
EU migration opens a whole Brexit can of worms
1 CommentBy Alessio Colonnelli Putting a cap on EU immigration was all that mattered for many. But now, what about Belfast and Dublin? No need for a border, they say. Soft Brexit will do, it’s the only sensible way. As long as those … Continue reading
Posted by: January 19, 2018
Tagged with: Brexit, British Exit, immigration, Italy, Leave, Remain, Theresa May, Toby Young
Jan 9 2018
Portugal: Euro Zone’s brightening socio-economic outlook
2 CommentsIn the present post, Lucas Juan Manuel Alonso Alonso analyses some of the more important points contained in the OECD’s 2017 Economic Survey of Portugal. It offers an analysis of the socio-economic position of Portugal once the austerity measures are … Continue reading
Posted by: January 9, 2018
Tagged with: Eurozone, growth, labour markets, OECD, portugal, taxation, unemployment
Dec 16 2017
Governing Migration: The Responsibility of European Society and the Limits of Morality
Leave a commentBy Federico Nicolaci Contemporary mass migration patterns and dynamics pose an entirely new set of questions that European leadership should urgently articulate and answer. It is not easy: the issue is highly contentious and countries have different views as to … Continue reading
Posted by: December 16, 2017
Tagged with: Morality, refugee crisis, Security
Dec 12 2017
A review of Nathalie Tocci’s ‘Framing the EU Global Strategy’
Leave a commentBy Mary Kaldor In this post Mary Kaldor reviews Nathalie Tocci’s book: Framing the EU Global Strategy: A Stronger Europe in a Fragile World Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics, Palgrave, Macmillan, 2017 During the referendum on British membership of the European … Continue reading
Posted by: December 12, 2017
Tagged with: EU foreign policy, Global Strategy, PESCO
Nov 28 2017
Germany’s (lack of) self-understanding
Leave a commentBy Maria Brock & Max Hänska One of the most remarkable feats of German post-war history is the way it has made continual efforts to work through its past. Monuments commemorating those killed by the Nazis can be found in … Continue reading
Posted by: November 28, 2017
Tagged with: AFD, Erinnerungskultur, European identity, German Elections 2017, populism
Nov 17 2017
Four graphs about Catalonia and citizens’ attitudes towards the EU
Leave a commentBy Ariane Aumaitre “Is this the Europe that you invite us to build, with a government in prison? How long are you, Europe, going to look away from this coup, from the abuse of our colleagues, who are elected representatives, … Continue reading
Posted by: November 17, 2017
Tagged with: Catalan Independence, Catalonia, Nationalism, Public Opinion, Spain
Oct 24 2017
European Banking Union as a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
3 CommentsBy Alfio Cerami The establishment of the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has represented one of the most important steps in the process of European integration. In an article published in Politics & Policy, I have argued that the EMU … Continue reading
Jul 27 2017
How the Migrant Crisis is Pushing Italy Away from Europe
1 Commentby Alessandro Franzi Immigration is going to be the political battleground of the next Italian general elections due in 2018. Virtually all major political leaders have hardened their position on borders protection following the new migration crisis in the Mediterranean. … Continue reading
Posted by: July 27, 2017
Tagged with: Belusconi, Grillo, immigration, Lampedusa, Renzi, Salvini