Photo courtesy of the European Commission. As in previous crises, the Coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the lack of economic “punch” that we have in Spain….
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“We Shall Fight Them From Our Houses…” The Pandemic’s Worrying Wartime Parallels
The struggle against the coronavirus over the past few months has consistently been defined as a “war” in Europe. Beyond Donald Trump’s insistence on qualifying…
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…
Dangerous times, and only more to come?
The coronavirus pandemic is troublesome enough – but does the politicisation of the crisis only mean more trouble lies ahead in the post-COVID-19 world? From…
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, the best times for change
Depending on where you are in the world, your life might be looking very different right now. If you are in China, you are probably…
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,…
Dangerous Times – Is climate-friendly, flexible working as catching as COVID19?
As factories cease activity, supermarket shelves are emptied and populations around the world watch the spread of the novel Coronavirus with increasing alarm – could…
Dangerous Times, Fake News
We’ve talked about how dangerous ideas have a tendency of spreading in dangerous times, when people panic and abandon all reason. But there is more…
Dangerous Times, Dangerous Ideas
How do you know you are living in dangerous times? Is it the hysterical headlines in the news? Hardly, the news is always dramatising everything…