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Tag Archives: Europe
Feb 20 2017
The European Union at a Crossroads
5 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi The European Union is approaching a moment of difficult decisions which will determine whether it will manage to survive in the near future or whether it will enter the final trajectory of its dissolution. In the past … Continue reading
Posted by: February 20, 2017
Tagged with: Angela Merkel, Crisis, Decline of Europe, EU, Euro crisis, Europe, European Central Bank, European Union, Euroscepticism, Eurozone, Italian decline, Italian economy, Italy, Renzi
Apr 20 2016
The myths that are preventing us from solving the refugee crisis
3 CommentsBy Zoe Gardner The preventable deaths of another 400 people in the Mediterranean on Monday morning must be a wake-up call. The British and European approach to the migrant and refugee humanitarian crisis simply isn’t working. For all of the … Continue reading
Posted by: April 20, 2016
Tagged with: asylum, Europe, media, Mediterranean, migration, refugee crisis
Feb 18 2016
Socio-Economic reflections on the Euro Zone
Comments Off on Socio-Economic reflections on the Euro Zoneby Lucas Juan Manuel Alonso Alonso 1.Austerity Policy: Social Costs and Achievements Is it possible for Europe’s Mediterranean countries—considering the current and projected economic growth—to pay interest and debt amortization and, if so, at which cost? It would be interesting … Continue reading
Posted by: February 18, 2016
Tagged with: austerity, Bailout, debt crisis, Euro crisis, Europe, Greece, Quantitative easing
Jan 14 2016
Understanding Euroscepticism: How British hostility to the EU contrasts with opposition elsewhere in Europe
1 CommentBy Montserrat Guibernau The UK and the EU are both changing. The UK stands as a world power and, as such, it continues to look for recognition while maintaining a distinct identity and status, which includes a special relationship with … Continue reading
Posted by: January 14, 2016
Tagged with: Europe, Euroscepticism, globalisation, identity, UK
Jul 30 2015
The Brussels diktat: and what followed
Comments Off on The Brussels diktat: and what followedBy Etienne Balibar, Sandro Mezzadra and Frieder Otto Wolf Alexis Tsipras won the battle on a question of principle – the need for a new Europe – even if he lost the war that ensued. What are the implications for … Continue reading
Posted by: July 30, 2015
Tagged with: Brussels diktat, Europe, Greece, left wing politics, Tsipras
May 14 2015
Europe’s Innovations, China’s Capital
Comments Off on Europe’s Innovations, China’s CapitalBy Terence Tse and Mark Esposito At a recent event held in London, ten start-ups were pitching their ideas for seed funding. This in itself is nothing out of the ordinary, as innumerable pitches by entrepreneurs are made every day across … Continue reading
Posted by: May 14, 2015
Tagged with: China, education, Europe, European business, innovation, start-ups, unemployment, youth unemployment
Mar 30 2015
Subterranean Politics in Europe after the Greek Elections
2 CommentsProfessor Mary Kaldor discusses activism, Europe and the aftermath of the Greek elections with Ludovica Rogers and Hara Kouki in a conversation organised by LSE’s Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit in collaboration with Euro Crisis in the Press and with … Continue reading
Posted by: March 30, 2015
Tagged with: activism, Civil Society, EU, Euro crisis, Europe, European Union, Greece, Greek elections, Kaldor, LSE, politics, subterranean politics, SYRIZA
Feb 16 2015
The winds are changing: a new left populism for Europe
5 CommentsBy Marina Prentoulis and Lasse Thomassen The unprecedented presence of international media, solidarity delegations and representatives of socialist and leftish parties in Athens signalled that Syriza’s triumph was something more than just another electoral victory. A spectre is haunting Europe: … Continue reading
Posted by: February 16, 2015
Tagged with: austerity, Europe, Greece, left populism, Podemos, Spain, SYRIZA