EU Institutions and Policy - The New Federalist

IS FEDERALISM A COROLLARY OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN EUROPE?

Tensions around national identity are getting stronger. Yet, national identity will be saved by the formation of a federal Europe, endowed with a genuine European sense of identity.

Thursday 24 June 2021

23rd February 1982: THE DAY GREENLAND LEFT THE EUROPEAN UNION

What if the UK was not the first country to leave the European Union? On 23rd February 1982, Greenland, another overseas territory, left the EU following a referendum.

Wednesday 23 June 2021

Upping the Ante for Highly Skilled Migrants

The EU is doubling down on its unified approach to balancing against an ageing society and deficit in the “global race for talent” relative to peers like Australia, Canada, and the United States.

Saturday 19 June 2021

There is (no) room for democracy: 40 years of EU-GCC relations

Established in 1981, the GCC and EU signed a Cooperation Agreement in 1988. The next step was to be a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), but negotiations soon stalled due disagreement over a human rights clause and collapsed in 2008 when the GCC withdrew.

Monday 17 May 2021

A Month After the Fidesz-EPP Split, What Comes Next?: The Domestic Perspective

The question now centers on how the EPP departure will intersect with this broader domestic context, if at all.

Saturday 24 April 2021

Conference on the Future of Europe has launched its online platform: Here’s how to use it

Guy Verhofstadt calls it the “core, the engine, the flywheel of the whole Conference”. The EU Commissioner Dubravka Šuica says that “this is the launch of the Conference”.

Monday 19 April 2021

Can the Czech Health Minister Have His Cake and Eat It Too?

A week ago, the Czech Republic names its fourth Health Minister in seven months, amidst the lowest COVID-19 case numbers so far this year.

Wednesday 14 April 2021

Is Tweeting “Andrzej Duda is a moron” a Crime?: The Troubling Potential for Abuse in Poland’s Defamation Laws

From intellectuals like Czesław Miłosz to labor organizers like Lech Wałęsa to surrealist artists like “Major” Waldemar Fydrych and the Orange Alternative, impactful dissidents have shaped recent Polish history. Yet that proud dissident tradition has increasingly come under threat, as the ruling Law (...)

Saturday 27 March 2021

Fifteen Years On: An Interview with “Free Belarus” Campaign Founder Åsa Gunvén

“We started this campaign so that people would be aware of what’s going on in Belarus, not just every few years when there is an election but every year.”

Wednesday 24 March 2021

The EU Needs to Commit to a Russia Strategy

Too little too late is not good enough

Friday 26 February 2021

Borrell in Moscow

Hopefully, the next time Borrell or a successor travel to Moscow, EU members will allow the representative to pack the proper ice skates, ensuring that the block will not be left doing unconvincing Biellmann spins while the Russians shoot a puck into an empty net.

Friday 19 February 2021

Yellow, Orange, and Red

European border closures, in addition to combatting the pandemic spread, constitute a valuable tool in international relations’ greater schemes.

Thursday 18 February 2021