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Tag Archives: European identity
Dec 3 2014
“We have a long history of getting it wrong on Russia” – Interview with David Crouch
Comments Off on “We have a long history of getting it wrong on Russia” – Interview with David CrouchEuro Crisis in the Press talks to David Crouch about media coverage of EU-Russia relations and the recent search for Russian submarines off the Swedish coast. You were covering the recent search for Russian submarines off the Swedish coast. How well … Continue reading
Posted by: December 3, 2014
Tagged with: European identity, Gorbachev, media, media discourse, Putin, Russia, Russian Politics, Russian submarines, Sweden, Yeltsin
Nov 26 2014
Five minutes with Timothy Garton Ash: “We’re far more European in the UK than we think we are”
1 CommentIs it possible to create a truly European public sphere? In an interview with our colleague Stuart Brown, editor of EUROPP, Timothy Garton Ash discusses the failure of efforts to reignite the enthusiasm of citizens for European integration, the importance … Continue reading
Posted by: November 26, 2014
Tagged with: David Cameron, European identity, European Public Sphere, Spitzenkandidaten
Nov 11 2014
Time for the 89ers to Defend Europe
6 CommentsBy Henry Radice On the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the familiar rituals of remembrance feel particularly poignant in a year marking the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, yet itself scarred by a grim … Continue reading
Posted by: November 11, 2014
Tagged with: Berlin Wall, David Cameron, Euro crisis, European identity, European integration, European Union, Euroscepticism, frames, framing, Nigel Farage, populism, Remembrance Day
Oct 16 2014
From the idea of Europe to a Europe of ideas
1 CommentBy Anya Topolski Contrary to the maxim popularised by political scientists that there is no political community without a political identity, what Europe most needs is a political community without identity. The project of the EU should be to create a … Continue reading
Posted by: October 16, 2014
Tagged with: European identity, European integration, idea of Europe
Jul 17 2014
Europe should be understood not as an idea but rather as a clash of ideas
1 CommentBy Francesco Tava In his recent European election campaign, Alexis Tsipras indicated that one of the key-points of his programme was the necessity to fight “against the idea of a Fortress Europe”, and to conceive an “inclusive form of community”. … Continue reading
Posted by: July 17, 2014
Tagged with: community, European identity, fortress Europe, heterogeneity, immigration, Nancy, Patočka, Solidarity, Tsipras
Jun 6 2014
European Union in Need of a “Relaunch”
4 CommentsBy Dimitris Mathioudakis In its simplest sense, the winner is the one to come first. In the same sense, for the front-runner of last European elections, Jean Claude Juncker, the votes of the EPP signalled a win. However, a win in … Continue reading
Posted by: June 6, 2014
Tagged with: EU, European Elections 2014, European identity, European Union, Euroscepticism, Nationalism, populism
May 27 2014
Democracy in Europe after the Elections
9 CommentsBy Mary Kaldor Nationalism is a way of deflecting discontent towards a convenient scapegoat, an ‘other’ – the immigrant or Europe. It is a way of mobilising political support while avoiding any commitment to address the underlying causes of discontent; … Continue reading
May 23 2014
Drawing Citizenship: The European Elections through Cartoons and Comics
Comments Off on Drawing Citizenship: The European Elections through Cartoons and ComicsBy Tjeerd Royaards The Cartoon Movement has joined forces with the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) to explore perspectives on the 2014 European elections through comics and cartoons. Until 25 May 2014, we are inviting comic artists and cartoonists to reflect on … Continue reading
Posted by: May 23, 2014
Tagged with: cartoons, comics, European Elections 2014, European identity, European Union, Journalism, media, political cartoons
May 21 2014
The Crises in the Eurozone and Ukraine Have Heralded the ‘Return of Politics’ to European Integration
3 CommentsBy Luuk van Middelaar On New Year’s Eve 2011, a sober but moving ceremony took place in the Estonia theatre in Tallinn. Prime-minister Ansip withdrew his country’s first euros from an ATM outside the building, walked back inside and delivered … Continue reading
Posted by: May 21, 2014
Tagged with: banking union, Euro crisis, European Elections 2014, European identity, European integration, European Public Sphere, European Union, Eurozone, Eurozone crisis, Germany, Public Sphere
Feb 3 2014
Farage is right – it’s not just the economy, stupid!
5 CommentsBy Michael Skey And so it goes on. The seemingly endless debate about immigration continues apace fuelled by data from the latest BSA survey which shows that over three-quarters of the British population now want immigration cut, with around a … Continue reading
Posted by: February 3, 2014
Tagged with: European identity, Euroscepticism, national belonging, Nationalism