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Dec 10 2014
The impact of the mass media on the quality of democracy within a state remains a much overlooked area of study
7 CommentsBy Lisa Müller Media organisations are generally assumed to play an important role in democracies, but how effective are they in performing this function within specific states? Lisa Müller outlines results from an analysis of 47 countries, based on a framework which rates … Continue reading
Posted by: December 10, 2014
Tagged with: Comparative media analysis, Democracy, Lisa Müller, Mass Media
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
Jun 6 2014
European Union in Need of a “Relaunch”
4 CommentsBy Dimitris Mathioudakis In its simplest sense, the winner is the one to come first. In the same sense, for the front-runner of last European elections, Jean Claude Juncker, the votes of the EPP signalled a win. However, a win in … Continue reading
Posted by: June 6, 2014
Tagged with: EU, European Elections 2014, European identity, European Union, Euroscepticism, Nationalism, populism
May 28 2014
Disengagement, Division and the ‘Peasants’ Revolt’
2 CommentsBy Marley Morris “A kind of peasants’ revolt”. So said Boris Johnson of the European election results on Monday in a – typically English – evaluation of the events. Yet the picture is much more nuanced – and varied – than he makes out. … Continue reading
Posted by: May 28, 2014
Tagged with: European Elections 2014, European Union, Euroscepticism, populism
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
Apr 14 2014
A black cloud over the EU?
Comments Off on A black cloud over the EU?By Alex Sakalis The newly announced Le Pen-Wilders alliance in the European parliament has re-ignited speculation about the rise of the far-right in Europe. What can we expect from this new EU supergroup? The recent success of the Front National … Continue reading
Posted by: April 14, 2014
Tagged with: EAF, European Elections 2014, European Parliament, Le Pen, political groups, Wilders
Dec 21 2013
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10 CommentsDenis MacShane is Labour’s former Minister of Europe for the UK. An updated, revised version of his book, Brexit: How Britain Will Leave Europe will be published by IB Tauris next month. Nicola Maggini is a Research Fellow at … Continue reading
Posted by: December 21, 2013
Oct 8 2013
The Demise of Italy and the Rise of Chaos
249 Commentsby Roberto Orsi Future historians will probably regard Italy as the perfect showcase of a country which has managed to sink from the position of a prosperous, leading industrial nation just two decades ago to a condition of unchallenged economic … Continue reading
Posted by: October 8, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, brain drain, Corruption, mismanagement
Oct 5 2013
The Missing Crisis – European citizens, the media and communication about the crisis
4 CommentsBy Johanna Möller If one takes into account media coverage on the various European crises, one could easily assume that citizens’ trust in the European project is being severely eroded. The news media do not only routinely present a scene of … Continue reading
Posted by: October 5, 2013
Tagged with: Audiences, citizens, disengagement, Euro crisis, media, News, Research
Sep 26 2013
Further distance between EU and Turkey might jeopardise PKK-Turkish government talks
3 CommentsBy Zeynep Kaya The short-term fate of EU-Turkey accession talks will be determined with the publication of the European Commission’s Progress Report on Turkey on the 23 October 2013. The Turkish government’s latest democratisation package will be central to the … Continue reading
Posted by: September 26, 2013
Tagged with: accession talks, democratisation package, EU enlargement, PKK, Reforms, Turkey