Explainer articles about the issues you’ve always wanted (or needed) to know about.
If you hope this article talks about parallel universes, as proposed by theoretical physics and science fiction, then you will be disappointed. But unfortunately, we are faced with a very real threat from alternate realities. The main difference is that these alternate realities are completely congruent with our own; they just differ in people’s minds. […]
Europe has done more in the first four weeks of the Coronavirus crisis than it did in the first four years after the crash of 2008. The Recovery Plan for Europe, which aims to repair the social and economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, will be the largest stimulus package ever financed through the […]
In 2021 Corona is back again, or more accurately, it never left, as is the case with the discussions about adequate responses to it. The German method of a moderate lockdown seems rather less successful. France has taken very drastic measures, but has de facto been able to reduce the numbers drastically, albeit from a […]
The corona virus is everywhere across the world. To defeat it, a global approach and cross-border coordination is needed. It is not enough to fight the virus at home; we have to take action beyond our borders, otherwise the threat will remain. As Josep Borrell, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security […]
For years the European Central Bank has been promising Europe and the world that a digital Euro would eventually be introduced into circulation. So far it has been nothing but hot air, but that could soon change. The European Commission has officially put the Digital Euro on its action calendar and Central Banks, like the […]
In the last few days, we have seen a subject sneaking into television grids with even more virulence than the COVID-19 pandemic. I am talking about what is referred to as the “Okupas” – that has been dominating the news from all over the country for some time now. The insecurity that it causes us […]
The past couple of months have seen a flurry of enthusiastic articles on the green revolution in Europe’s cities. A somewhat idealized story of a change spearheaded by civil society, demanded by the people and implemented by local authorities as part of a larger European agenda. We have indeed witnessed pollution levels drop across the […]
The European Union’s management of populist pivot countries, Poland and Hungary, offers a thought experiment for the future. Forecasting is a sought-after area of expertise in the world of international relations. Here’s one easy method to produce two scenarios on how events in Poland and Hungary influence the EU’s management of populism throughout Europe: Section […]
To mark Europe Day – otherwise known as Schuman Day – the European Future Forum (EFF) joined up with Citizens Takeover Europe for a panel discussion as a part of the #EuropeFutureFringe initiative. This Q&A session enabled both experts and citizens to discuss the future of Europe in light of the current situation with the […]
The aviation sector, represented in its best form by the massive market of air travel, is alive and well in Europe. But now that Europe is changing fast – from Brexit to the climate crisis – how will this affect the way that we travel? Today, air travel is cheaper and safer than ever before, and the aviation sector is one of the most important sectors in the world’s economic landscape. […]