There is a long line which connects what has been happening in the last month in Europe and in the world: we did not need the great speech of Sir David Attenborough to remember the threat climate change poses to the entire world, and whilst in Katowice, Poland, the COP24 was held, in the streets […]
The Macedonian referendum result has created mixed feelings: 3 months ago a historic agreement between the Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras and the Macedonian prime minister Zoran Zaev was signed in order to settle a longstanding dispute between the two countries on the issue of the name of the Macedonian State, changing it from Former […]
What has been happening in Italy in the past few days? Maybe non-Italians are not so up to date on the latest developments, but there have been many – all of them absolutely typical of a government formed by parties such as the Five Star Movement and the Lega. These two political parties represent the […]
Two weeks ago many contradictions of the EU policy making process were displayed yet again in the context of the migration crisis in the Mediterranean. There are deep divisions between the member states and the EU is essentially held hostage by intergovernmentalism and national vetoes. If this is one of the many internal threats, this […]