Over the past weeks the global patchwork of economic interactions has unravelled, with economic activity grinding to a near halt as consumer spending collapsed, businesses closed, financial markets imploded, and supply chains fractured. According to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Managing Director, the world has entered into ‘a recession at least as bad as during…
The European Commission recognises that ambitious climate action is ‘this generation’s defining task’. As such, it has proposed a European Green Deal, which aims to transform the EU’s economy to produce zero net greenhouse emissions in 2050 and decouple economic growth from resource use, in line with the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable…
.…And it is not just because of climate change. Increasing unrest around the world shows a deep dissatisfaction of large numbers of citizens with unpopular decisions and corruption that the ruling classes are engaged in. It is not just a new Arab Spring, although it is expressed in the Arab world too, notably Lebanon, Iraq…
Different sets of statistics show very different results about what Central Europeans think about the EU.
Kohl’s funeral showed just how far Europe has come since the division and war. His vision of peace, unity and shared identity is gradually becoming a reality.
How does the younger generation of EU experts see the current state of the Union and its future? A report from a panel discussion at the University of Wrocław
Greater elasticity at the cost of cohesion. Can such an architectural change of the Union help to save the European project?
How did a politician like Geert Wilders gain so much influence in a liberal country like the Netherlands? How much power will he really have after the election?
The growing divide between the winners and losers of globalisation is fertile ground for isolationism. Only by understanding this divide can we address it.
