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Iran elections 2016

29/02/2016 Iran

by Julia Ann Iran elections 2016, Observers who portrayed the elections as a action amid ‘reformists’ and ‘hardliners’ accept angry themselves in knots – abnormally afterwards advertisement beforehand that about all reformists had been butterfingers by…

The Temptation of Ending Sanctions on Russia

28/02/2016 Russia

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by Judy Dempsey Dmitry Medvedev sure knows how to press the right buttons. Here was the Russian prime minister making his first appearance at the 2016 Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of top policymakers…

The energy security package: significant overhaul or business as usual?

25/02/2016 Business

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by Marco Giuli On 16 February 2016, the European Commission presented its energy security package, the first major delivery of the Energy Union agenda. The package includes legislative texts (the revised Regulation on Security of Supply…

What did the UK achieve in its EU renegotiation?

23/02/2016 Inside Europe

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by Stephen Booth The UK Government has now wrapped up its EU renegotiation ahead of the referendum. Open Europe lays out its take on the renegotiation and sets this in the broader context of the UK’s…

Give me a like, not a duty! Reflections on postmodern freedom

19/02/2016 The Opinion

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by Federico Ottavio Reho In 1819 the French intellectual Benjamin Constant pronounced his famous speech on ‘The liberty of the ancients compared with that of the moderns’. He argued that ancient men had no freedom as…

Exempting Britain from ‘ever closer union’ – where are we at?

16/02/2016 Inside Europe

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by Pawel Swidlicki Exempting the UK from the obligation of working towards an ‘ever closer union’ has been one of the government's key renegotiation objectives. Open Europe's Pawel Swidlicki and Stephen Booth assess whether the relevant…

Iranian-Saudi tensions: the energy dimension

09/02/2016 Iran

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by David Ramin Jalilvand In early January 2016, tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia escalated. The execution of Saudi Shiite cleric Nimr Baqer al-Nimr sparked outrage among the Middle East's Shiite populations. In Iran, the…

BREXIT scenarios

04/02/2016 Inside Europe

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by John Bruton Next June the people of the UK may vote to leave the European Union. At the moment, a narrow majority favours remaining in the EU, but a large group are undecided. That group…

Has Italy found a solution to the bad loans plaguing its banks?

01/02/2016 Business

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by Raoul Ruparel The European Commission has reached a deal with the Italian government on dealing with the bad loans at Italy's banks. Open Europe's Raoul Ruparel looks at whether the deal will be effective and…

The financial costs of a two-year Schengen suspension

29/01/2016 Inside Europe

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by Solon Ardittis One of the conclusions of the informal meeting of EU home affairs ministers on 25-26 January 2016 was to entrust the European Commission with the preparation of a two-year suspension of the…

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