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Europe? No Thanks!

(Photo taken from neurope.eu) by Susanna Cafaro We all know that -from a very common British perspective- Europe is a continent apart: these elections seem to prove it once more. Not only Europe ranks...

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Euroscepticism: end of European Project?

(Photo taken from oregonlive.com)   by Christos Mouzeviris Last year’s European Parliament elections sent a clear message to the continent’s establishment. Apart from a very low voter turnout, the...

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Cameron – the last man standing

(Photo taken from Hoffingtonpost) by Isotta Rossoni Barely a week ago David Cameron’s Conservative party secured a shock victory in the 2015 British elections. This win came as a surprise to many- with...

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Britain: becoming fundamentally a right-wing country?

(Photo taken from nbcnews.com) By Giles Marshall The British General Election sent a tremor through all of the major parties.  While the opposition Labour party, and the now much smaller Liberal...

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Brexit; escape the jurisdictions of the European Court?

(Photo taken from Reuters) by Angela Chatzidimitriou The 7th May UK General Election was a significant day for the UK – and Europe– as it saw the Conservative Party scoring an unprecedented victory in...

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What Now for Europe’s Social Democrats?

(Photo taken from thetoc.gr) by Erik Tillman The results of the British general election on 7 May were a disappointment for the Labour Party. Labour barely improved on its vote total from 2010, gaining...

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David Cameron’s One Nation Legacy

(Photo taken from undergroundmgzn.com) by Giles Marshall Things look good for Britain’s Conservatives at the moment.  Not only did they unexpectedly win a majority in the election, but the new...

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The Eurozone Crisis and the Transnational Public Sphere – A Clash of Frames

  photo source: thisunimaginedlife by Dennis Nguyen For more than five years the European Union experiences fundamental transformations that will leave a deep impact on the future organisation of...

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The End of an Idea? Europe facing Decline

by Oliver Krumme-García Adenauer, Schuman, Monnet, De Gasperi and other founding fathers of Post-World War Two European Integration would probably rotate in their graves if they could see what is going...

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Chaos in Europe – how the European Home turned into a Madhouse

by O. Krumme-Garcia The EU is like a family. You set up a house in which everyone can have his own room and you live together in harmony. For a long while, it went pretty good and the family could...

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The UK renegotiation from an EU perspective: the dog that hasn’t yet barked?

by Fabian Zuleeg Given the potential impact on the EU, the UK‘s in/out referendum and the associated reform agenda should be high up the Brussels agenda. But, curiously, so far there has been little...

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Front National’s historic result is yet another sign that EU reform cannot wait

by Vincenzo Scarpetta In an op-ed for The Daily Telegraph, our policy analyst Vincenzo Scarpetta looks at Front National’s historic result in the first round of the French regional elections. He argues...

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What to watch in Europe in 2016

by Raoul Ruparel Writing on Forbes Open Europe’s Raoul Ruparel looks at some of the key events to watch in Europe in 2016. Needless to say 2015 has not been a particularly good year for Europe and in...

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Can the British pro-European cause be salvaged?

by James Rogers Pro-Europeans in the United Kingdom (UK) have had a miserable time of late. They seem completely unable to articulate a clear, decisive and engaging message to attack their...

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What future for the EU? Beyond pessimism and denial

by Tomi Huhtanen As a consequence of the dramatic events in 1989 and the fall of the Berlin wall in Europe, the introduction of the Euro and the speedy EU enlargement some years later gave an...

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BREXIT scenarios

by John Bruton Next June the people of the UK may vote to leave the European Union. At the moment, a narrow majority favours remaining in the EU, but a large group are undecided. That group could swing...

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What did the UK achieve in its EU renegotiation?

by Stephen Booth The UK Government has now wrapped up its EU renegotiation ahead of the referendum. Open Europe lays out its take on the renegotiation and sets this in the broader context of the UK’s...

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Brexit averted through EU reform?

by Fabian Zuleeg After some drama, the EU Summit produced the expected result: an agreement on the UK-EU relationship that broadly reflects the demands Prime Minister Cameron set out in his letter to...

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Is EU referendum uncertainty beginning to feed through to economic growth?

by Raoul Ruparel Economic data released over the past couple of days has pointed to a sharp slowdown in economic growth in the second quarter of the year. Much of this is being attributed to the...

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The Bank of England and responding to Brexit – between a rock and a hard place?

by Raoul Ruparel There is a broad consensus that the immediate aftermath of a Leave vote in the EU referendum would trigger a short term period of uncertainty – both political and economic. While this...

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