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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 down this week during a…
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 Takeover Europe for a panel…
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 Muslim women the hardest. Was…
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 array of readers to share…
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 countries’ leaders are not happy…
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 to blame. That being said,…
Is It Time To Re-Evaluate How We Do Democracy?
In the current era of political distrust and ideological extremism, perhaps the only element of modern politics we can largely agree upon is its democratic…
The lands that Europe forgot? Rural Europe’s Struggle with Modernity and Identity
When describing our diverse EU family, we love to gush about the likes of Paris, Budapest or Prague – but what about those further-afield places,…
Gender Equality Already Achieved in Europe? Think Again.
Who knew that the topic of gender equality would still be so divisive in 2020? But bring up the subject online or in a group…