By Suzanne Kraaij (OverDwars) IMAGE: © European Union 2016 – European Parliament On the 6th of April a referendum was held in the Netherlands on the approval of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine, resulting in 62% voting against. Similarly, the United Kingdom will hold a referendum on its membership of…
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Peace Winds After The Kurdish Spring
By Pinar Temocin / Image via AK Rockefeller The Kurdish question has been considered as an important issue in struggling to build an independent nation. They are the second largest ethnic group living partly in the eastern part of Turkey with their own language, traditions and customs. The Kurds are considered as a stateless nation…
Young, Green and Unemployed
When I entered the Job Centre Plus a small and smiley women approached me and asked me what I came in for this morning. I thought about explaining the many applications I send, the interviews I had and my dreams, hopes and aspirations for a job that is ethical, covers all my expenses and which…
Green and Red
After the collapse of socialism in the early 90’s and so-called end of ideology, which emphasizes the fact that capitalism has finally won and there is no other alternative, we are being convinced that the old division between left and right in the classical sense is no longer valid and that it is completely outdated….
The Corrupted Value of Political Truth
By Pinar Temocin / Image via Acción Poética Francia It is a perplexing relationship between political truth and its innate value in the current political arena. There is also a contradiction between the structure of morality within the populists and the actions of politicians. Perhaps this relationship has never been clear and/or concrete. There exists a…
Civil partnership for same sex couples in Hellas is here!
Image from Vice On the 8th of December 1974 the Hellenic government put the constitution of the country to a vote, establishing Hellas as a Parliamentary Democracy by June 1975. 41 years and 14 days later, the Hellenic Parliament votes for a historical legislation, which includes the civil partnership for same sex couples. During his…
Europe’s anti-austerity, democratic struggle enters next phase
Last night, it became clear for everyone that another Southern European country has abandoned an old political system and entered a new era. Spain and Greece are societies where the crisis has been exceptionally brutal. Where young people have to a large extent lost their future perspectives. Where voters have lost faith in the capacity…
FYEG at COP21: Paris Agreement – An Ambitious Disaster?
On the 12th of December 2015 evening a story, ongoing for 21 years, ended. This was the evening when nearly 196 countries agreed to have the first legal treaty, applicable to all, that tries to combat climate change. Unlike it’s predecessor, the Kyoto Protocol which only asked developed countries for emissions reductions, this agreement expects…
FYEG at COP21: Too big to fail – Analysis of the second draft
Last night, a new text was released in the negotiations halls of Paris. The first important thing to note is the kind of text. It is a proposal by the President of the COP and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Laurent Fabius. This means that the new text is not the final text…
FYEG at COP21: A new draft agreement reached
Yesterday, there was a new historical moment for the on-going climate negotiations: We finally have a draft agreement! This new text saw a reduction from 21 to 14 pages, and we have a broad overview of what is in the draft and what isn’t. Firstly, the text still has the form that would be needed…