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A summit of little substance

The European Council meeting on 24-25 October 2013 was a rather low-key affair, with the scheduled... 2015 because of major differences among governments between those who fear that a tough European data... at previous summits, call on the European Commission to monitor progress and make further proposals

Can the Green Transition be just?

The European Green Deal (EGD) is essentially the EU’s development strategy for 2050. Its central... 'leaving anyone behind'. Acknowledging the shocks that the transformation of the European economy... by Ursula von der Leyen, the then newly-appointed head of the European Commission, the coronavirus pandemic

Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus

has threatened to destroy the euro, pull apart the European Union and cause global financial havoc... to live.” But I’m also guessing that if I told you there was a European country where the majority... of the European Union and then the euro were meant to fix but in some respects actually exacerbated. Joining

Countering a regressive and illiberal Europe

a special case, there is a need to reflect more fundamentally on the state of European integration... of a fundamental crisis which has threatened historic achievements of European integration. Despite... years on, European integration has become part of most of Europe’s collective DNA. Its benefits

You've heard the Greek crisis myths, now here are some truths

on many European banks holding Greek debt, which were already in a fragile position as a result... to an increased peddling of myths about the Greek crisis from European decision makers. Below, we seek... of the debate about how Greece and the eurozone should move forward. Myth: The European taxpayer

EU disunity on refugees and its poisonous effects

Several far-right European leaders, including Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders, met over the weekend... migrants. Sadly, politicians and technocrats in the European Union are providing the far-right... issue was ratcheted up before the European Council, when its president, Donald Tusk, floated

Newsletter 170 -13/07/2018

or if Greece acted unilaterally. European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said... held then have risen after the government agreed on Wednesday to hold local and European Parliament... with the European Parliament ballot, which is due to take place on Sunday, May 26. A second round of local voting

Eight years later: Is Croatia finally truly ready for Europe?

and are already embedded in our identity as a member of the European Union - not because... was the current head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. The fact that the head... to the European Union's executive body by the Croatian NGO Gong, the European Commission has announced