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The Euro crisis in online media: civic resilience and social innovation in...
by Julie Uldam and Anne Kaun While Scandinavian countries may be coping with the Euro crisis relatively better than most other European countries, they are far from unaffected. Nonetheless, the...
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Europe should be understood not as an idea but rather as a clash of ideas
By Francesco Tava In his recent European election campaign, Alexis Tsipras indicated that one of the key-points of his programme was the necessity to fight “against the idea of a Fortress Europe”, and...
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In Greece, They Shoot Immigrants, Don’t They?
By Maria Kyriakidou This image was widely used in a campaign to boycott Manolada strawberries, circulated in social media after the shootings in 2013. It was April of 2013, when Greece and the...
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The End of Tolerance and the New Populism
By Marina Prentoulis and Lasse Thomassen Reflections on the 2014 local and European election results have heavily stressed the rise of the populist far right. Clearly they have emerged as a leading...
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EU Membership and the Immigration ‘Problem’ – Fact and fiction in British...
By Max Hänska As David Cameron attempt to be more royalist than the king, ratcheting up his eurosceptic and anti-immigration rhetoric in an attempt to outgun Nigel Farage, it is obvious that public...
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Pegida shouldn’t be dismissed that easily
By Alessio Colonnelli President Joachim Gauck and PM Angela Merkel have a point in cautioning the German public that Pegida (a German acronym standing for Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization...
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The challenge of responding to extreme political views: Germany struggles to...
By Stefan Bauchowitz Unlike European countries in times of the financial crisis, Germany’s economic success meant that it largely avoided debates on closing off countries against a “tide of...
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Europe’s Future and Jihad
By Roberto Orsi Recent events in Paris have been commented upon by political leaders and public intellectuals alike with the recurring argument that France will emerge stronger from this incident....
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Why the EU gets in the way of refugee solidarity
By Gregor Noll Can the migration across the Mediterranean really be considered a security threat? The European Council, the Council of Ministers and implicitly also the Parliament are dealing with the...
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Modern slavery? The UK visa system and the exploitation of migrant domestic...
By Virginia Mantouvalou It might be hard to believe that a domestic worker – or anyone – is currently forced to sleep on a bathroom floor or is locked up in a house. Yet such experiences are very real...
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On the Borderlands of Humanity
By Henry Radice The current crisis in the Mediterranean reminds us of what should be an obvious truth, but is too frequently forgotten: the European Union (EU) is a humanitarian space or it is nothing....
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To be, or not to be: Europe under siege
By David Held and Kyle McNally It has been a tough year for Europe. Greece, mass migration and terrorism are among the many factors which have unsettled Europe in a profound way. When the EU is seen to...
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The International Politics of the Refugee Crisis
By Vassilios Paipais Refugees roaming Greece’s central highways heading for the Greek borders Last Wednesday, Vienna hosted a meeting of Balkan countries involving Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo,...
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Europe’s Human Rights Crisis
By Natasha Saunders Fidelity to one’s principles is measured by how they are honoured in times of crisis. Hannah Arendt – a refugee who fled Nazi Germany and became one of the most influential...
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The political ‘migration crisis’ and the military-humanitarian response
By Pierluigi Musarò ‘We need more than a humanitarian response […] We need political leadership and action,’ Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said on 8 March 2016....
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How reliant is Britain on EU migrant workers?
By Catherine Harris Brexit – the UK vote to leave the European Union – has caused uncertainty in a number of areas. One of which is the impact that potentially reduced immigration will have on the...
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Against Anti-Pluralism
By Max Hänska Citizens are voting for candidates hitherto considered unlikely; the future of the EU, and indeed the post-war international order is in question. It is unsurprising that the current fin...
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How the Migrant Crisis is Pushing Italy Away from Europe
by Alessandro Franzi Immigration is going to be the political battleground of the next Italian general elections due in 2018. Virtually all major political leaders have hardened their position on...
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EU migration opens a whole Brexit can of worms
By Alessio Colonnelli Putting a cap on EU immigration was all that mattered for many. But now, what about Belfast and Dublin? No need for a border, they say. Soft Brexit will do, it’s the only...
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Immigration, Welfare Chauvinism and the Support for Radical Right Parties in...
By Luis Cornago Bonal and Delia Zollinger Over a decade ago, Alesina and Glaeser (2004) argued that support for welfare policies in Europe will decrease as European countries become more ethnically...
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