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Tag Archives: EU
May 29 2014
A Legitimization of the Italian Government More Than a Vote for Europe
4 CommentsBy Monica Poletti The overwhelming victory of the Democratic Party Elections in Italy rarely fail to surprise. The victory at the 2014 EP elections of the Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his centre-left, pro-European Democratic Party (PD) came as a … Continue reading
Posted by: May 29, 2014
Tagged with: Democratic Party, Election, EU, Euro, Euro crisis, European Elections 2014, European Union, Euroscepticism, Eurozone, Eurozone crisis, Five star movement, Grillo, Italy, Nationalism, populism, Renzi
Mar 11 2014
Catalan Separatism, a European Problem
36 CommentsBy Marcus Pučnik Both Catalonia and Scotland are looking towards a referendum on independence later this year, Scotland on September 18 and Catalonia on November 9. If independent, they both would like to join the European Union, yet the official … Continue reading
Posted by: March 11, 2014
Tagged with: Catalan Independence, catalan language, Catalonia, EU, minorities, Scotland, secession
Feb 28 2014
Balancing Ukraine
3 CommentsBy Kevork Oskanian A mere three months ago, Vladimir Putin probably thought he had scored one of his presidency’s greatest coups, when he coerced or persuaded – depending on your perspective – Ukraine’s Viktor Yanukovych into abandoning the long-expected initialling of … Continue reading
Posted by: February 28, 2014
Tagged with: EU, Kevork Oskanian, Ukraine
Jan 31 2014
Do We Want to Solve the Eurocrisis? Let’s Look South!
4 CommentsBy Mark Esposito If there is a country, which should receive our apologies, that is Greece. We need to apologize for having demonized a small and modest economy (less than 2% of the EU GDP) as the black sheep … Continue reading
Posted by: January 31, 2014
Tagged with: debt crisis, EU, Euro crisis, European Election, European recovery, Germany, Southern Europe
Jan 13 2014
Europe is diverging: ignore it at your peril
2 CommentsBy Lorenzo Marsili In the optimistic 1990s, the introduction of the Euro was to represent the kernel of the European integration process. The single currency was meant to act as the motor for the “ever-closer” convergence of European economies, thereby … Continue reading
Posted by: January 13, 2014
Tagged with: debt crisis, ECB, EU, Euro, Eurozone, fiscal deficits, Monetary Policy, unemployment
Jan 2 2014
The Systemic Nature of the EU Crisis: Reflections on a Deepening Issue
Comments Off on The Systemic Nature of the EU Crisis: Reflections on a Deepening IssueBy Mark Esposito The Eurozone has entered its fourth year of crisis and 2013 has been a challenging year for a large number of Member States, who have been falling into severe debt, requesting bailouts tied to crippling austerity measures. … Continue reading
Posted by: January 2, 2014
Tagged with: austerity, ECB, EU, Eurozone, IMF, systemic thinking, troika, unemployment
May 23 2013
Elections and the Quest for a ‘Stable’ Electoral System in Kosovo
1 CommentBy Shqipe Mjekiqi Since the talks between Kosovo and Serbia ended with an agreement between the two countries on 19th May, a great deal of EU attention has focused on the implementation of that agreement. The two Prime Ministers were invited to … Continue reading
Posted by: May 23, 2013
Tagged with: Catherine Ashton, CEC, elections, electoral system, EU, EU enlargement, EU membership, Kosovo, PDK