International Women’s Day 2021: How to make it count
International Women’s Day: in some countries, a day of celebration or even a public holiday – for others, a day…
Freedom of Movement Adieu – Is the EU “The One That Got Away”?
Despite it being almost a whole year since that long-dreaded Brexit D-Day rolled around, New year’s eve 2020 marked even…
New Voices For a New Europe?
They say to keep doing something over and over again but expecting different results is a sign of madness. So…
Europe Still Has a Hard Time Talking about Racism and its Colonial Past
Photo courtesy of the European Commission. As we have seen, the US-born Black Lives Matter movement has had a ripple…
UK Toppling of Slave Owner Statue Sparks Anti-Racist Uprising Across Europe
Photo courtesy of PA Media. In case you haven’t heard, a statue of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston was torn…
Citizens & Experts Talk Future of Europe: How has Social Equality been Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic?
To mark Europe Day – otherwise known as Schuman Day – the European Future Forum (EFF) joined up with Citizens…
What do the Burqa and GDPR have in common? Our Right to Avoid Observation
Two years back, we discussed how Denmark controversially followed France’s example of banning face coverings in public places, hitting niqab-wearing…
Life in Lockdown Around Europe: Your Stories
As a way to help to connect as Europeans during this uncertain, confusing, and isolating time, we asked our diverse…
How the Pandemic is Deepening Europe’s North-South Divide
We have already seen the new coronavirus disproportionately affect the Mediterranean Member States of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. But these…
Dangerous times, a silver lining?
The COVID-19 pandemic currently overwhelming most of our world is a terrible accident and no one person or group is…