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Category Archives: Germany
Apr 3 2015
The Ukrainian Crisis: A Year On
Leave a commentBy Roberto Orsi More than a year has gone by since the overthrowal of Viktor Yanukovich, the starting point of a severe international crisis between Moscow and the West, successively escalated by Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and the outbreak of … Continue reading
Posted by: April 3, 2015
Tagged with: Bundeswehr, Crimea, Donbass War, EU army, Jean-Claude Juncker, Minsk 2
Mar 12 2015
Germany, the giant with the feet of clay
4 CommentsBy Terence Tse and Mark Esposito On the surface, it stands to reason to think that, as Europe’s largest economy, Germany’s position in Europe can act as the saviour to pull the Eurozone out of its current plight. By … Continue reading
Posted by: March 12, 2015
Tagged with: birth rate, education, EU, Eurozone, growth, Inequality, pensions, Reforms, unemployment
Feb 14 2015
Greece’s government deserves benefit of doubt
1 CommentBy Max Hänska Wednesday’s Eurogroup meeting managed to underwhelm low expectations, as talks even failed to agree the usual face-saving joint statement outlining a structured agenda for future talks. It appears Varoufakis disappointed Eurogroup ministers by arriving without a written plan, and … Continue reading
Posted by: February 14, 2015
Tagged with: media, Nazi comparison
Jan 9 2015
The challenge of responding to extreme political views: Germany struggles to address Pegida’s anti-Islam protests
1 CommentBy Stefan Bauchowitz Unlike European countries in times of the financial crisis, Germany’s economic success meant that it largely avoided debates on closing off countries against a “tide of immigrants”, and populism was largely confined to opposition to bailouts in … Continue reading
Posted by: January 9, 2015
Tagged with: immigration, Nationalism, Pegida, populism
Jan 8 2015
Pegida shouldn’t be dismissed that easily
3 CommentsBy Alessio Colonnelli President Joachim Gauck and PM Angela Merkel have a point in cautioning the German public that Pegida (a German acronym standing for Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West) could normalize racism. Back in December Gauck … Continue reading
Posted by: January 8, 2015
Tagged with: European identity, immigration, Islam, Pegida
Nov 11 2014
Time for the 89ers to Defend Europe
6 CommentsBy 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
Posted by: November 11, 2014
Tagged with: Berlin Wall, David Cameron, Euro crisis, European identity, European integration, European Union, Euroscepticism, frames, framing, Nigel Farage, populism, Remembrance Day
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
May 30 2014
The European Elections in Germany: Satire and Concerns over the European Project
Leave a commentBy Max Hänska The European elections in Germany didn’t produce major surprises, yet a mood of trepidation and uncertainty prevails. The Christian Democrats did better in absolute numbers than in the last election though relatively their share of the vote remained … Continue reading
Posted by: May 30, 2014
Tagged with: Angela Merkel, austerity, Election, European Elections 2014, European Union, Euroscepticism, Germany
May 21 2014
The Crises in the Eurozone and Ukraine Have Heralded the ‘Return of Politics’ to European Integration
3 CommentsBy Luuk van Middelaar On New Year’s Eve 2011, a sober but moving ceremony took place in the Estonia theatre in Tallinn. Prime-minister Ansip withdrew his country’s first euros from an ATM outside the building, walked back inside and delivered … Continue reading
Posted by: May 21, 2014
Tagged with: banking union, Euro crisis, European Elections 2014, European identity, European integration, European Public Sphere, European Union, Eurozone, Eurozone crisis, Germany, Public Sphere
May 12 2014
The Irreversible Crisis of the Ukrainian Experiment
14 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi The ongoing crisis in the Ukraine may be analysed under a series of different perspectives, each yielding narratives belonging to different genres: is this a crisis in military relations? Is this the product of peculiar psychological settings … Continue reading
Posted by: May 12, 2014
Tagged with: EU Association Agreement, protests, sovereignty