Category Archives: Europe

Mar 14 2018

Could the Current Reform Plan Make the Eurozone Sustainable?

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Posted in: Euro, Europe

By Konstantinos Myrodias The Eurozone is recovering from a long crisis; growth rates are turning positive across the Eurozone after a decade, business confidence is rising. Current accounts are balanced after the brutal adjustment in the periphery. The overall unemployment in the … Continue reading →

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Jan 19 2018

EU migration opens a whole Brexit can of worms

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Posted in: Europe, Euroscepticism, United Kingdom

By Alessio  Colonnelli Putting a cap on EU immigration was all that mattered for many. But now, what about Belfast and Dublin? No need for a border, they say. Soft Brexit will do, it’s the only sensible way. As long as those … Continue reading →

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Jan 9 2018

Portugal: Euro Zone’s brightening socio-economic outlook

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Posted in: Europe, Portugal

In the present post, Lucas Juan Manuel Alonso Alonso analyses some of the more important points contained in the OECD’s 2017 Economic Survey of Portugal. It offers an analysis of the socio-economic position of Portugal once the austerity measures are … Continue reading →

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Dec 16 2017

Governing Migration: The Responsibility of European Society and the Limits of Morality

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Posted in: Europe, Migration

By Federico Nicolaci Contemporary mass migration patterns and dynamics pose an entirely new set of questions that European leadership should urgently articulate and answer. It is not easy: the issue is highly contentious and countries have different views as to … Continue reading →

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Dec 12 2017

A review of Nathalie Tocci’s ‘Framing the EU Global Strategy’

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Posted in: Europe, Euroscepticism, United Kingdom

By Mary Kaldor In this post Mary Kaldor reviews Nathalie Tocci’s book: Framing the EU Global Strategy: A Stronger Europe in a Fragile World  Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics, Palgrave, Macmillan, 2017 During the referendum on British membership of the European … Continue reading →

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Nov 28 2017

Germany’s (lack of) self-understanding

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Posted in: Europe, Germany, Maria Brock, Max Hänska

By Maria Brock & Max Hänska One of the most remarkable feats of German post-war history is the way it has  made continual efforts to work through its past. Monuments commemorating those killed by the Nazis can be found in … Continue reading →

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Nov 17 2017

Four graphs about Catalonia and citizens’ attitudes towards the EU

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Posted in: Europe, European elections, Nationalism, Spain

By Ariane Aumaitre “Is this the Europe that you invite us to build, with a government in prison? How long are you, Europe, going to look away from this coup, from the abuse of our colleagues, who are elected representatives, … Continue reading →

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Oct 24 2017

European Banking Union as a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

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Posted in: Euro, Europe

By Alfio Cerami The establishment of the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has represented one of the most important steps in the process of European integration. In an article published in Politics & Policy, I have argued that the EMU … Continue reading →

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Jul 27 2017

How the Migrant Crisis is Pushing Italy Away from Europe

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Posted in: Europe, Italy, Migration

by Alessandro Franzi Immigration is going to be the political battleground of the next Italian general elections due in 2018. Virtually all major political leaders have hardened their position on borders protection following the new migration crisis in the Mediterranean. … Continue reading →

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Jul 21 2017

The Conflicting Identity Politics of Brexit

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Posted in: Europe, Henry Radice, United Kingdom

By Henry Radice So far, for many people, the experience of Brexit appears to be one of real individual anxiety and pain set against a prospective, and increasingly unlikely, collective gain. This is the case for both non-British EU citizens … Continue reading →

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