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Author Archives: Eurocrisis in the Press
Apr 24 2017
Speech! Speech! : The Campaign Rhetoric of Theresa May
Comments Off on Speech! Speech! : The Campaign Rhetoric of Theresa MayBy Alan Finlayson As the country prepares for an unexpected barrage of campaign rhetoric Professor Alan Finlayson analyses Theresa May’s opening shot and speculates on what might come next. Theresa May’s surprise speech announcing a General Election, is rhetorically rather … Continue reading
Posted by: April 24, 2017
Tagged with: Brexit, general election, June 8 election, rhetoric, Theresa May
Apr 12 2017
Could Grexit follow Brexit?
Comments Off on Could Grexit follow Brexit?By Panos Chatzinikolaou In the summer of 2015, the EU saw one of the most turbulent times in its 60-year history. The election of the radical-left party SYRIZA, and its leader Alexis Tsipras, put Greece on a collision course with its … Continue reading
Apr 4 2017
Brexit as a Strategic Shift
1 CommentBy Roberto Orsi Britain’s move to leave the European Union has been a topic of political discussion worldwide for more than a year, starting from an extremely polarising referendum campaign in spring 2016 to the latest developments following PM May’s … Continue reading
Posted by: April 4, 2017
Tagged with: Brexit, history, Strategy, Theresa May
Mar 31 2017
We’ve triggered Article 50. Is this such a tragedy for Europe?
1 CommentBy Mary Kaldor It is now possible that new governments in France and Germany will respond to civil society pressure and do what is needed to change the EU, without being blocked by Britain. This is a very sad day … Continue reading
Posted by: March 31, 2017
Tagged with: article 50, austerity, Brexit, Neoliberalism, populism
Mar 23 2017
The Gaps of Nations & The Rise of Far-Right Populism
1 CommentBy Marion Laboure and Juergen Braunstein The Brexit vote and more recently the US presidential election suggest a noticeable rise of populism. Marion Laboure and Juergen Braunstein argue that this trend is not new. For example, Austrian Chancelor Schuessel’s invitation … Continue reading
Posted by: March 23, 2017
Tagged with: far-right, populism, social divisions
Mar 15 2017
The Moral Question in Italian Politics
Comments Off on The Moral Question in Italian PoliticsBy Roberto Orsi Corruption in Italy is a constantly debated problem. However, it is largely framed as a moral and legal issue. This piece suggests instead that the root of the corruption problem is political and constitutional, as it lies … Continue reading
Posted by: March 15, 2017
Tagged with: clientelism, constitutional reforms, Corruption, Craxi, Federalism, mani pulite
Mar 9 2017
Brexit and the First ‘European’ Generation
Comments Off on Brexit and the First ‘European’ GenerationBy Michael Cottakis Support for the EU is highest amongst Europe’s young. This is, perhaps, unsurprising. After all, we are talking about the Erasmus or EasyJet generation of cheap travel and study abroad; the first in Europe’s history to grow up … Continue reading
Posted by: March 9, 2017
Tagged with: 1989 Generation Initiative, European Generation, Pro-European, young
Mar 3 2017
The Economics of Brexit Needn’t Be Quixotic: Towards a Green Industrial Strategy for Britain
Comments Off on The Economics of Brexit Needn’t Be Quixotic: Towards a Green Industrial Strategy for BritainBy Afzal S. Siddiqui and Max Hänska “Fortune is guiding our affairs better than we ourselves could have wished. Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to do battle with them and slay them. … Continue reading
Posted by: March 3, 2017
Tagged with: Afzal Siddiqui, austerity, Brexit, Green Energy, Industrial Strategy, renewable energy
Feb 20 2017
The European Union at a Crossroads
5 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi The European Union is approaching a moment of difficult decisions which will determine whether it will manage to survive in the near future or whether it will enter the final trajectory of its dissolution. In the past … Continue reading
Posted by: February 20, 2017
Tagged with: Angela Merkel, Crisis, Decline of Europe, EU, Euro crisis, Europe, European Central Bank, European Union, Euroscepticism, Eurozone, Italian decline, Italian economy, Italy, Renzi
Feb 7 2017
Against Anti-Pluralism
Comments Off on Against Anti-PluralismBy Max Hänska Citizens are voting for candidates hitherto considered unlikely; the future of the EU, and indeed the post-war international order is in question. It is unsurprising that the current fin de siècle atmosphere, and many citizens’ sense of … Continue reading
Posted by: February 7, 2017
Tagged with: Blame, Democracy, European identity, Euroscepticism, immigration, Inequality, Nationalism, populism, Trump