Turkey’s Presidential Election: Spearhead Of Authoritarianism In The EU’s Face?
When the Justice and Development Party (AKP), under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, won the 2002 election, there was substantial optimism that the EU
Politics
Analysis and debate on European and national politics, democracy, the rule of law, parties and elections, and Europe’s place in the world.
Politics Of Fear Versus Politics Of Hope
There are many different ways to understand the dimensions of politics. The classic right-left scale has dominated most European politics for over a hundred years
August 2018: New Challenges For EU, Uncertain Prospects For Greece
Giorgos Argitis and Nasos Koratzanis
Eight years after the eruption of the public debt crisis and having meanwhile implemented three consecutive economic adjustment programs, Greece is at a crossroads. Despite
Reforming Freedom Of Movement To Support Workers And Reduce Immigration
We now have a glimpse into the hard Tory vision of how a fully Brexited Britain will treat Europeans who want to work here. All
Business Takes All – Or Win-Win?
The new European Commission company mobility package is unbalanced. It aims at establishing European rules for business mobility in three areas: company conversions, mergers and
Crisis Of Globalisation: From Its Causes To Emancipation
The dynamics of the capitalist world economy have been mystified as globalisation. In its technical sense, globalisation refers to the possibility that social relations can
The Road To Repeal: How Ireland Said ‘Yes’
On May 25th, the people of Ireland voted overwhelmingly in favour of repealing the 8th amendment of the Irish Constitution – the article that had
Will Defunding Hungary And Poland Backfire?
Discussions surrounding the European Union’s 2021-2027 budget are intensifying, owing to many European policymakers’ insistence that regional development funds be disbursed only to member states
What Italy’s Crisis Means For Europe
Since the populist Five Star Movement and the right-wing League captured a combined parliamentary majority in Italy’s March 4th election, Italian politics has been at
The World(s) Of Work In Transition: Managing The ‘Megatrends’ Impacting Labour Markets And Society
The French journalist Alphonse Karr once observed that we can either complain because rose bushes have thorns or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. Karr
Israel, Palestine And Europe’s Selective Historical Amnesia
When my father and his parents returned to Orosháza in Hungary, having been held as slave labourers in Vienna during the latter stages of World
The Italian Election And US Underpinning Of Populism
The election of March 4, 2018 left Italy with a fragmented parliament, where the two biggest parties, the Five Star Movement and the Lega, are
Fake News And The Fairness Doctrine
Fake news in America’s public square is a failure of its information marketplace. Remediation should occur through enhanced marketplace competition, not government censorship. I have
Lib-Pop Politics: Why Italy’s New Government Is More Neoliberal Than Populist
A new Italian government is in the making, with an unprecedented alliance between the Five Stars Movement (33% of votes in the March 2018 elections;
Solidarity In Europe – Achieving Authenticity In The European Street
Despite the history of our continent, many centuries of which were tarnished by war, suffering, expropriation of resources and exploitation of colonised peoples, the European
Brexit: Parliament Vs. The People
In the next few months the UK will make one of the most momentous political decisions in its post-war history finalising and approving the withdrawal