After the surprise victory for Alexis Tsipras and the Syriza party in January 2015, many were expecting them to deliver on their anti-austerity pledges that…
La lotta dell’Europa con la democrazia
Translation by Greta Bitante “L’Unione europea è troppo lontana dai suoi cittadini”, è una frase pronunciata troppo spesso. Gli eurofili hanno difeso con passione la…
The black sheep of the European Liberals
The article was originally published (in English) on the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies blog: https://www.martenscentre.eu/blog/black-sheep-european-liberals. The European Liberals and particularly the former head…
The States at Play: EU and U.S. Trade Negotiations
In April’s EU-U.S. Trade Relations meeting, U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland joked that he approached an official in the European Commission and asked,…
Easy Victor: the Kremlin and the Rule of Law in the West
Originally published by our partners at CFEP here. “[Russian] money laundering and mafia activity went on in Angela Merkel’s constituency for years, in the hope…
Brexit reaches video games
Every year the Electronic Entertainment Expo (or E3 for short) presents the newest innovations in gaming. Only this year was rather disappointing. Not only did…
European elections: Liberal-Green Surge at 90s level turnout
The European elections are over and the results are a spectacular surprise. The final results will be published in a few days, but while parties…
“When You Think European Elections, Think Human Rights!”
This article was produced thanks to our partnership with EU Events. The EU claims to promote human rights and fundamental freedoms both within Member States…
European elections: Can the same old EPP really open a new chapter for Europe?
With the prophetic words of “opening a new chapter for Europe”, the EPP builds its manifesto around four catchphrases. Whether political soundness and coherence follow…
European Elections: can Vestager define a new approach for a changing Europe?
Another edition for the beady eyed followers of European politics and the current Spitzenkandidaten race for the EU Commission president. This time, we look at…