During the last years, Europe hasn’t had the lack of continental crises: the economic and social crisis heightened by austerity policies; the Ukraine crisis and a new perceived danger along EU’s eastern border; the refugee crisis with thousands of people dying in the Mediterranean Sea because of our lack of answers; the climate crisis that…
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The EU has not done its job
The European elections have yielded mixed results, but it is clear that the EU is falling short in its aims to engage citizens. To address this, long overdue reforms are needed to make the EU more democratic, and a particular focus should be placed on youth to inform them but especially to provide real prospects…
Global liberal economic order
Some time ago, I read an article online that was introducing the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. It was written in an optimistic and serene style, describing all the advantages, like job creation, increase in trade and deeper interconnection between two most important economies, abolition of many quotas and duties, etc. However, despite the enthusiastic…
7 months until the Revol(EU)tion | #GreenCouncil
Last weekend, the European Green Party celebrated its Autumn Council, focused on how to achieve a better Europe. Saying “focused on the European elections” would not do justice to what felt like a real exercise of self-evaluation and a spirit which was more creative and pragmatic than media-focused. The Council was also used to…
Lampedusa : what do do ?
After hundreds of migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean, not far from Lampedusa, the question remains whose fault it was and what should be done to prevent further catastrophes. For that, we need to both look at the situation in the Mediterranean and at the reasons that brought migrants to make the dangerous journey. Let’s…