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Category Archives: Europe
Oct 1 2014
Why Italy Will Not Make It
17 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi Three articles by prestigious commentators (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard and Roger Bootle for The Telegraph, Wolfgang Münchau for Financial Times) have recently appeared in the financial press about the economic situation of Italy and the (in)stability of its national … Continue reading
Posted by: October 1, 2014
Tagged with: Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, austerity, Decline of Europe, default, ECB, Eurozone architecture, Eurozone crisis, Financial Times, German Constitutional Court, Implosion, Italian economy, Italian public debt, Maastricht, Mario Draghi, Neo-Keynesian policies, Neoliberalism, Reforms in Italy, Roger Bootle, The Telegraph, Wolfgang Münchau
Sep 9 2014
A Few Reflections on the Demonisation of Putin
5 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi Henry Kissinger once declared that “Putin’s demonisation is not a policy, but an alibi for the absence of one”. However authoritative the source of this recommendation, the collective fixation with the Russian President has reached new heights … Continue reading
Posted by: September 9, 2014
Tagged with: agonistic politics, Antichrist, decapitation strike, Devil, Evil, hate, hatred, Hitler, Kant, NATO, Perfetual Peace, Putin, Russian Politics, tyrannicide, Ukraine, warfare, WWIII
Aug 28 2014
The End of Tolerance and the New Populism
4 CommentsBy Marina Prentoulis and Lasse Thomassen Reflections on the 2014 local and European election results have heavily stressed the rise of the populist far right. Clearly they have emerged as a leading political force at home and abroad, but this … Continue reading
Posted by: August 28, 2014
Tagged with: alterity, far-right, immigration, left wing politics, Marxism, othering, populism, tolerance, UKIP
Jul 29 2014
The Meaning of a British Exit from the European Union
2 CommentsBy John McCormick Since January 2013, and the announcement by British Prime Minister David Cameron of his plan to hold a referendum on continued UK membership of the European Union, there has been much speculation about the possible effects of … Continue reading
Posted by: July 29, 2014
Tagged with: Brexit, British Exit, David Cameron, Euroscepticism
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
Jul 11 2014
(No) Time for activism: the changing face of protest movements
4 CommentsBy Anne Kaun New media and technologies and, in particular, social media have been celebrated over the last few years for their role in protest movements, such as the 15-M movement in Spain, the ‘Aganaktismenoi’ in Greece or the global … Continue reading
Posted by: July 11, 2014
Tagged with: activism, Aganaktismenoi, Democracy, media, occupy movements, Podemos, resistance
Jul 3 2014
European economy’s invisible transformation: expulsions and predatory capitalism
2 CommentsBy Saskia Sassen Parts of our economies, societies, and states in Europe are being stripped bare by an extreme form of predatory capitalism.[1] And this stripping can coexist with growth in much of our economies. The majority of workers and … Continue reading
Posted by: July 3, 2014
Tagged with: ECB, European economy, Inequality, unemployment
Jun 24 2014
The Lost Art of Diplomacy: David Cameron to Europe’s Rescue?
4 CommentsBy Max Hänska The British leadership has engaged in much posturing over Jean-Claude Juncker, the Spitzenkandidat of the EPP, and favoured candidate for European Commission President, ostensibly out of concern for Europe’s future, which, it claims, would be better served by a fresh face. … Continue reading
Posted by: June 24, 2014
Tagged with: David Cameron, European Commission, European Elections 2014, Euroscepticism, Jean-Claude Juncker, populism, President of the European Commission
Jun 20 2014
EU: Reframing Can Go Hand in Hand with Reform
4 CommentsBy Marley Morris Last year my colleague Giulio Carini and I wrote an article about ‘reframing’ the EU. We thought that the current frames supporters of the EU were using in the debate were obstructive and we wanted to suggest … Continue reading
Posted by: June 20, 2014
Tagged with: anti-populism, David Cameron, frames, framing, Jean-Claude Juncker, populism
Jun 10 2014
Mind the Gaps: The Political Consequences of the Great Recession in Europe
5 CommentsBy Diego Muro and Guillem Vidal The financial crisis that started in 2008 had an unanticipated magnitude. What at first glance appeared as a manageable frailty of the financial sector rapidly derived into a Great Recession with on-going continuity into … Continue reading
Posted by: June 10, 2014
Tagged with: Accountability, democratic deficit, ECB, Gini, Gini coefficient, Inequality, legitimacy