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Europe’s template for international climate justice

The 2015 Paris Agreement aimed to limit the average global temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. However, more and more scientists have warned that we are at risk of surpassing 2°C by 2050. Some of the most pessimistic scenarios already predict a rise of 4°C by 2100. But who is (…)

mercredi 7 mai 2025

Europe and the rise of populism : confronting the flaws of a system

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss and French president Emmanuel Macron during the United Nations General Assembly in September 2022 ©Andrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street (Flickr) Since the turn of the century, Europe has experienced a series of economic and political crises which have (…)

dimanche 16 mars 2025

Sexual health and reproductive rights : the EU considers its stance

While the European Convention on Human Rights obliges Member States to protect rights to sexual health, including access to comprehensive information and appropriate healthcare, the European Union itself does not have authority in this matter. This disparity creates concerning gaps in access to (…)

samedi 21 décembre 2024

France, a country with no love for itself

For months, both politicians and large swathes of the population, particularly in Île-de-France, have relentlessly criticised the organisation of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Last Friday, the opening ceremony showed those committed to the culture of defeatism and grumbling, that is particular to our (…)

samedi 26 octobre 2024

IMMIGRATION IN EUROPE : AN EXTREME SUBJECT

Episode 1 In Germany, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, the UK, the EU...new measures against immigration have multiplied across Europe in the past few years. This phenomenon is growing in parallel with the unprecedented rise of far-right parties and movements in Europe, who, for some voters, embody the (…)

vendredi 12 juillet 2024

European elections : The world’s second largest democracy swings to the right

Between 6 and 9 June, 400 million Europeans were called to vote in elections for the European Parliament, the European Union’s representative body. After a bitter campaign, focused more on national issues than European ones, citizens have elected a Parliament dominated by the right, the radical (…)

lundi 17 juin 2024

Expanding the EU in a turbulent geopolitical context

Since February 2022, the Russian war against Ukraine has reinvigorated the debate around expanding the European Union. Questions are emerging about whether the current institutional mechanisms for accepting new member states are still fit for purpose. The troubling situation in Ukraine, which is (…)

mercredi 10 avril 2024