Photo: Dutch PM Mark Rutte © Stephanie Lecocq/Pool/AP Last month, the European Council finally managed, to agree on Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), outlining the EU’s…
Bicycle Lanes and Dividing Lines: The Untold Stories of the EU’s Urban Transformation
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…
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 how can we expect Europe…
Yet another “Street War” in Serbia over COVID-19
Photo courtesy of the BBC. The other night, after president Vučić announced a 60-hour-curfew in Belgrade – shutting down the city and not allowing anyone…
Predicting Populism in Europe: A 5-Year Forecast
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…
There is no such thing as “White culture”
“White culture is boring.” You hear this a lot in the Anglo-American sphere of the world. But this viewpoint is entirely reserved for the Anglo-American…
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 effect all the way over…
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…
Dangerous times, the best times for experts?
Tackling a pandemic is a highly technical matter, a subject on which most of us will never have comprehensive knowledge. As such, we may have…
Albania: Corruption of the best is the worst
When you see the news about the situation in Albania today you cannot help but wonder: What in blazes is happening there? The government demolished…