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Category Archives: Europe
Jul 23 2018
The nationalist Italian government is a challenge to the Church
Leave a commentBy Alessandro Franzi The new Italian government, formed by the Five Stars Movement and the League, also poses a challenge to the Catholic Church. However, it is not only its populist tones that create a division between State and religious … Continue reading
Posted by: July 23, 2018
Tagged with: catholic church, immigration, Italy, Matteo Salvini, Nationalism, Pope, refugee crisis
Jun 14 2018
Italy’s Eurosceptic Turn
Leave a commentBy Roberto Orsi Italy has a new government. Matching the unprecedented results of the election of 4 March, this new government marks the beginning of something never seen before. Italy is the first country in the Western half of the … Continue reading
Posted by: June 14, 2018
Tagged with: migrant crisis, political failure
Jun 6 2018
The Counterfactual Imagination of Populist Euroscepticism
2 CommentsBy Max Hänska and Vassilios Paipais Euroscepticism is on the rise across Europe, as populists from both the left and right hold up their retrograde visions of gloriously assertive and blissfully self-reliant nation states. The installation of a populist and eurosceptic government in … Continue reading
Posted by: June 6, 2018
Tagged with: Euroscepticism, imagined future, International relations, populism
Apr 30 2018
Brexit and migrant voters: Conservative support in London wards
1 CommentBy Joachim Wehner English local elections on 3 May take place as migrants might be finding a less divided political voice than at any time since the vote in favour of leaving the European Union (EU). The 2016 Referendum created … Continue reading
Posted by: April 30, 2018
Tagged with: Brexit, Commonwealth, local elections, London, migration, Windrush
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