Author Archives: Eurocrisis in the Press

Aug 25 2016

Monsters in the Mist: The Elusive Quest for Financial Security in Scotland post-Brexit

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Posted in: EU ref, United Kingdom

By Faye Donnelly and William Vlcek   It is easy to become disillusioned, confused and even fanciful when trying to envision Scotland’s financial security in the aftermath of the Brexit vote. With a leap of imagination it is possible to … Continue reading →

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Aug 23 2016

What 7.5m tweets taught us about the Brexit campaign

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Posted in: EU ref, Max Hänska, United Kingdom

By Stefan Bauchowitz and Max Hänska How did Eurosceptic (leave) and pro-European (remain) activity compare on social media in the run-up to the EU referendum, and was there a relationship between social media users and votes? To find out how … Continue reading →

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Aug 11 2016

How reliant is Britain on EU migrant workers?

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Posted in: EU ref, Europe, Migration, United Kingdom

By Catherine Harris Brexit – the UK vote to leave the European Union – has caused uncertainty in a number of areas. One of which is the impact that potentially reduced immigration will have on the British economy, particularly in … Continue reading →

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Jul 28 2016

The EU’s lack of unity and strategy is being felt in Azerbaijan

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By Robert Ledger The EU’s values-lite pragmatism towards its periphery is undermining its legitimacy in the South Caucasus. The violence that erupted in Nagorno-Karabakh in April 2016 exposed the weakness of the EU’s Eastern Partnership initiative in the region, as … Continue reading →

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Jul 22 2016

From Brexit to Trump: Why mobilising anger in a constructive way is now one of the key challenges in modern politics

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Posted in: EU ref, Europe, United Kingdom

By Sonja Avlijaš Following Brexit, anger is palpable and omnipresent. Scrolling through Twitter as I write this, I find countless examples of anger on social media: Brexit was a cry of anger and frustration, anger of those left behind by globalisation, working-class anger, nationalist anger, Europeans … Continue reading →

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Jul 12 2016

The battle lines have been etched

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Posted in: EU ref, Europe, Max Hänska, Nationalism, United Kingdom

By Max Hänska Latent tensions became manifest with the result of the Brexit referendum, etching the battle line that will define the struggles ahead. Those who have embraced and built their lives around our liberal-cosmopolitan global order, and found opportunity … Continue reading →

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Jul 7 2016

‘We want our country back’ – stop sneering, start listening

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Posted in: EU ref, United Kingdom

By Michael Skey The post-mortem is now well under way and the general consensus seems to be that those who voted leave were gullible fools led astray by a combination of a partisan press and slick political operators selling a … Continue reading →

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Jul 4 2016

On Brexit & Control

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Posted in: EU ref, Europe, Migration, United Kingdom

By Tom Gaisford The EU referendum result was not a triumph for democracy, so much as a symptom of large-scale manipulation. For all the discord and unrest it has unleashed, it may at least serve to enhance global awareness of … Continue reading →

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Jun 29 2016

Brexit and Democracy

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Posted in: EU ref, Europe, Euroscepticism, United Kingdom

By Mary Kaldor The vote to leave Europe seems to have set off a spate of events spinning in different and dangerous directions. The two main political parties are falling apart. Scottish politicians are already a tabling a second referendum … Continue reading →

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Jun 25 2016

The UK is Reaping What the British Media Have Been Sowing for a Long Time

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Posted in: EU ref, Euroscepticism, Maria Kyriakidou, United Kingdom

By Maria Kyriakidou  The result of the EU referendum and the now imminent Brexit have been met with shock and disbelief both globally and in the UK. Despite indications by the polls there was still hope that reason would prevail … Continue reading →

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