Category Archives: Europe

Feb 5 2015

Greek elections 2015: the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?

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Posted in: Elections, Europe, Greece

By Sotirios Zartaloudis SYRIZA’s recent electoral victory attracted global attention. This commentary will try to explain SYRIZA’s surprise move to form a coalition government with the far-right party ANEL arguing that both parties share a worldview that explains their co-operation. … Continue reading →

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Jan 28 2015

The End of Austerity in Europe? 

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Posted in: Euro, Europe, Greece, Max Hänska

By Max Hänska After a spectacular swing to the left, away from a political establishment that ruled the country uninterrupted for decades, Greece’s election signals the changed mood that is taking hold of Europe. Austerity has failed. What economists have … Continue reading →

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Jan 20 2015

Europe’s Future and Jihad

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Posted in: Europe, Nationalism, Roberto Orsi

By Roberto Orsi Recent events in Paris have been commented upon by political leaders and public intellectuals alike with the recurring argument that France will emerge stronger from this incident. Countless other commentators have repeated that the ideas of an … Continue reading →

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Dec 17 2014

European Social Immobility and Inequality are Intimately Related

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Posted in: Europe, France, United Kingdom

By Terence Tse and Mark Esposito One of the most staggering collaterals of the financial crisis, globally but particularly so in Europe, has been the increase of inequality across social fabrics, as we previously outlined in relation to the US. … Continue reading →

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Dec 3 2014

“We have a long history of getting it wrong on Russia” – Interview with David Crouch

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Posted in: Europe, Interviews, Media, Russia, Sweden

Euro 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 →

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Nov 20 2014

Crisis Discourses in Europe: Media EU-phemisms and Alternative Narratives

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Posted in: Europe, European elections, Euroscepticism

By Tamsin Murray-Leach It would be catastrophising to claim that euroscepticism won the European elections earlier this year – but it certainly staked a claim. Two years ago, we predicted the capturing of Europe by populist parties in our study of … Continue reading →

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Nov 11 2014

Time for the 89ers to Defend Europe

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Posted in: Enlargement, Europe, Euroscepticism, Germany, Henry Radice, United Kingdom

By 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 →

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Oct 29 2014

Holding Europe to no account: a media question

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Posted in: Europe

By Cristina Marconi and John Lloyd The European Union occupies a central position in the political and economic life of its twenty-eight members and an important one in much of the rest of the world. Few other institutions of governance have such … Continue reading →

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Oct 21 2014

“Something Olde, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue…”. On the twenty-eight separate European elections of 2014

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Posted in: Europe, European elections, Euroscepticism

By Lorenzo De Sio, Vincenzo Emanuele and Nicola Maggini Together with “a sixpence in her shoe”, there are various items that are recommended as part of a bridal outfit, according to an old English rhyme. Humour might hardly be allowed … Continue reading →

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Oct 16 2014

From the idea of Europe to a Europe of ideas

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Posted in: Europe, European elections

By 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 →

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