Conservatives and Nationalists At Centre Stage in Poland
Polish conservatives protesting against a reading of Golgota Picnic in Warsaw. Credit: Maciej Konieczny/Courtesy of Krytyka PolitycznaBy Claudia CiobanuWAESAW, Jul 8 2014 (IPS)A mix of conservative...
View ArticleGreek Privatisation of Key Sectors Meets Strong Opposition
PPC power station in Ptolemaida. northern Greece. Credit: Nikos PilosBy Apostolis FotiadisATHENS, Jul 9 2014 (IPS)Plans by the Greek government to sell companies that handle the key resources of energy...
View ArticleNew Operation Could Hide Major Shift in Europe’s Immigration Control Policy
By Apostolis FotiadisATHENS, Sep 6 2014 (IPS)‘Mare Nostrum’ – the largest search and rescue immigration operation ever carried out in the Mediterranean Sea – has become an issue of bitter brinkmanship...
View ArticleOPINION: A New European Foreign Policy in an Age of Anxiety
By Shada IslamBRUSSELS, Sep 10 2014 (IPS)The appointment of Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini as the new European Union foreign policy chief offers the opportunity for an overhaul of EU...
View ArticleOPINION: At Last, New Faces at the European Union
In this column Joaquín Roy, Joaquin Roy, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Director of the European Union Centre at the University of Miami, analyses the new faces and the balance of...
View ArticleOnly the Crazy and Economists Believe Growth is Endless
Degrowth demonstrators marching through the streets of Leipzig, September 2014. The placard reads: Exchange Share Give. Credit: Klimagerechtigkeit Leipzig (http://klimagerechtigkeit.blogsport.de/)By...
View ArticleEurope’s Unregulated Lobbying Opens Door to Corruption, Says Rights Group
By Sean BuchananROME, Apr 15 2015 (IPS)Lobbying is an integral part of democracy, but multiple scandals throughout Europe demonstrate that a select number of voices with more money and insider contacts...
View ArticleOpinion: The End of the Greek Tragedy?
In this column, Joaquín Roy, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Director of the European Union Centre at the University of Miami, argues that the decisive result of the Greek referendum...
View ArticleStrong Climate Deal Needed to Combat Future Refugee Crises
Andreas Sieber, who has worked for several NGOs and the Saxon State Chancellery in Germany, is part of the #Climatetracker project.By Andreas SieberSTRASBOURG, Sep 10 2015 (IPS)Climate change has been...
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