Jun 5, 2020 | Politics & Society, Referee
By Justin Wong Before the National Front’s (FN) Marine Le Pen advanced to the second round of the 2017 presidential election, philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy wrote in 2010 that she was “far-right with a human face”, and “this metamorphosis” would transform “the...
Jun 2, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Geoff Kemp “I saw my father alive, dead, and buried, the threefold process that’s at once so ordinary and so extraordinary, and tragically has become more ordinary in the UK in these extraordinary times.” I made three journeys to Britain and back as...
Feb 10, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Amanda Russell Beattie, Patrycja Rozbicka, Gemma Bird & Jelena Obradovic-Wochnik The ‘Refugee Crisis’, or more appropriately, the European Humanitarian Crisis, made headlines within and beyond Europe in 2015 when photographs of individuals arriving on European...
Jun 18, 2019 | Politics & Society
By Niklas Bolin, Kajsa Falasca, Marie Grusell, Lars Nord In the wake of the European Elections in May 2019, seventy leading academics from across the European Union contributed their reflections, thoughts, and analysis to Euroflections – a free downloadable report...
Apr 11, 2019 | Politics & Society
There is a sense that we are living in extraordinary times, amidst a groundswell of populism. First came Brexit (and the ongoing confusion), followed almost immediately by Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States. In Europe there is little room for...
Jan 29, 2019 | Politics & Society
By France Grenaudier-Klijn After over two months of active protest against the French Government what next for the Yellow Vests? Saturday 19th January 2019 was the tenth act in the ‘Yellow Vests’ drama currently playing out on the French political and social scene. As...
Dec 13, 2018 | Politics & Society
By France Grenaudier-Klijn For the past four weeks, the Gilets jaunes – meaning ‘yellow vests’ – protests have dominated the French socio-political landscape and monopolised the media. This, even though active participants in the movement number less than 17% of...
Nov 15, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Andrew Glencross Brexit is closing in but how did we get here and what will happen next? Finally, 595 days after Theresa May informed the EU of the UK’s intention to leave, there is light at the end of the tunnel. The “tunnel”, in this case, is Brussels-speak for...
Oct 25, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Martina Tazzioli As the refugee crisis continues across Europe, new maps of the continent reveal the real frontiers for refugees as Martina Tazzioli explains. Since the EU declared a “refugee crisis” in 2015 that was followed by an unprecedented number of deaths in...