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Current Changes To The Labour Market May Well Define The Future Of Europe

Juan Menéndez-Valdés

Europe’s labour market has changed significantly in recent years, influenced by, among other things, the impact of the economic crisis. Eurofound’s research has shown that

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A Renewed Case For Ever Closer Union Or A Federal Europe

Yiannis Kitromilides

After the ‘seismic’ shock of ‘Brexit’ a re-appraisal is taking place in the EU concerning the future direction the remaining 27 member states could take.

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No More Walls In Europe: Tear Them Down!

Zygmunt Bauman

Professor Bauman, it seems like new walls are rising, again, in Europe. The reasons politicians push for the decision to build these walls – either

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Brexit: False Balancing, Frames and Free Radicals in the Media

Johan De Rycker

Even before the result of the British referendum on remaining in or leaving the EU was known, the argument emerged that this plebiscite would unleash

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Negotiating Trade Deals Before Brexit?

Marise Cremona

Sequencing is emerging as a key question as politicians, civil servants and lawyers try to establish a framework for the negotiation of the UK’s withdrawal

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The European Union In Crisis – Is Flexible Integration The Way Forward?

Daniel Seikel

The UK’s Brexit referendum is the latest and most eminent manifestation of the European Union’s severe crisis of legitimacy. An ever-increasing number of Europeans fundamentally

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The Failure Of Free Migration

Robert Skidelsky

The horrendous attack by a French-Tunisian man on a crowd in Nice celebrating Bastille Day, which killed 84 and injured hundreds more, will give National

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UK Labour Difficulties Are Those of 1930s, 1950s, 1980s

Denis MacShane

I was asked by a German friend to explain what is happening inside the British Labour Party. This is what I sent him. In 2011

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The Popular Revolt Against Globalization And The Abdication Of The Left

Dani Rodrik

As the world reels from the Brexit shock, it is dawning on economists and policymakers that they severely underestimated the political fragility of the current

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After Brexit: The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is Several Oncoming Trains

Brendan Donnelly

Until the time of writing the chaos wreaked on the United Kingdom by the disruptive and unexpected outcome of Mr. Cameron’s referendum on 23rd June has

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Brexit Shows Us What Real First World Problems Look Like

David Lizoain

Brexit is treated as exceptional when it is symptomatic of a far larger trend. The First World is breaking down, and this is prompting a

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Brexit: A Crisis Long In The Making

Desmond Cohen

What is surprising about the result of the referendum is that so many of us were surprised – astonished may be closer to the truth.

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Financing vs. Spending Unions: How To Remedy The Euro Zone’s Original Sin

Thomas Palley

In economic policy, timing isn’t everything, it’s the only thing. The euro zone crisis has been evolving for over seven years, making it difficult to

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Twilight Of The Gods: The Globalisation Losers Hit Back

Wolfgang Kowalsky

True believers in globalisation can be recognised by the following simple characteristic: They are convinced that it benefits all. This credo is being queried since

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Poland: State Neglect In Integrating The ‘Invisible’ Immigrants

Marta Siciarek

Poland, along with other central European countries, has been dealing with several problems concerning integration of immigrants and refugees: their invisibility, reluctance of governments to

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