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T he politics of migration have triggered a resurgence of identity based appeals to the European populous. The political right, in particular, uses Christian values and heritage as a rallying cry…
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O n 28 June 2018, EU heads of state or government met in Brussels following the necessities to start a discussion on the current hot themes regarding the Union such as…
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A way forward for Europe to handle the challenges and opportunities around immigration would be the increased role and sovereignty for urban areas, in both smaller and larger cities.
The local…
B y removing internal border controls, countries party to the Schengen Agreement effectively abandoned a core element of state sovereignty in favor of freedom of movement. But they embarked on this federal project without building the…
by Leopold Traugott
Although the EU-Turkey deal caused seemingly endless troubles, everyone seems to agree on one thing: the deal worked. It managed to drastically bring down refugee numbers. For the new Maltese EU presidency,…
by Rohini Hiremath
The traditional informal meeting of 28 European Union Foreign ministers took place in Bratislava on 2nd and 3rd of September, 2016, which was hosted by Mr Miroslav Lajčák, Minister for Foreign and…
by Roland Freudenstein
What we are going through now … will change our country. - Angela Merkel
We don’t want to change! - Viktor Orban
Just like previous crises, the one about the refugees has highlighted…
by Fabian Zuleeg
Given the potential impact on the EU, the UK‘s in/out referendum and the associated reform agenda should be high up the Brussels agenda. But, curiously, so far there has been little obvious activity…
by Robert Heslop
The EU has signed a historic deal with Turkey. In exchange for 3 billion Euros of financial aid, visa free travel for Turkish citizens in the EU and the presumption of EU…
by Roland Freudenstein
Now that the wrangling about quotas for refugees among the member states of the Union is over (for the time being), and Europe is more focused on regaining control of our external borders,…