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October 20, 2016
Some years ago the late Victoria Wood, a British comedienne, appeared in one of her excellent radio sketches as a sheep, frequently heard running across a field along with another. At the sound of each movement, one bleated ‘where are we going?’ to which the reply was ‘I don’t know’. They could have been describing… » read more
Posted by Peter Bye
October 19, 2016
. This blog post belongs to the #Media4EU Tour d’Europe series. Read the project outline, timetable and deliverables here, and the list of its steering committee here. Fondation EurActiv and the Institut d’Études Européennes (ULB) are initiating the ‘Media4EU Tour d’Europe’ project. This will gather perspectives from top quality media in Europe and propose initiatives… » read more
Posted by Media4EU
“If you believe you’re a citizen of the world, you’re a citizen of nowhere. You don’t understand what the very word ‘citizenship’ means.” This is how Theresa May denounced cosmopolitanism in her first speech as Prime Minister to the Conservative Party conference. It’s a strange choice of words, when she could have stuck to… » read more
Posted by Fritz Groothues
September 29, 2016
Yesterday evening I sat down with two friends to watch the Presidential debate. Being in Europe it would have been shown at an ungodly hour, meaning that we had already had the chance to read reports of the debate of the century. Well let’s be honest, it wasn’t that, was it…? No, it took the… » read more
Posted by FinancialGuy Writes!
September 23, 2016
Somebody compared Brexit to a dog who got onto a bus without having thought what to do next. This is a pretty accurate image of a country that is almost too stunned to ask the question “What now?”, unable to make up its mind what price is worth paying for this glorious day of… » read more
Posted by Fritz Groothues
September 21, 2016
Guest blog post by Farzad Henareh, European Managing Director, Stericycle ExpertSOLUTIONS Leading up to the June EU Referendum, one of the primary debates centred on the burden and benefits of single market regulation. With the UK now set to leave the EU, business leaders in every industry are considering what the implications are for the… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
September 19, 2016
Is there a point at which enough bad news will have piled up for Brexit that the British government is forced to reassess the entire situation? We have all read that the decision of June’s vote is not legally binding. However, at some point, will the context of that vote become so detached from the… » read more
Posted by FinancialGuy Writes!
Rather than acquiescing to the reckless impulses of populist politicians eager to capitalize upon the mess that is Brexit, Czech leaders should resort to common sense and urge patience and restraint. Contrary to what populists would like to purport, support for the EU is rising in several countries following Brexit, including Denmark who is traditionally… » read more
Posted by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy
Guest blog post by Charles De Serres and Vanja Stenius, Lagom House Yes, but he will need a crowbar to do it. It will take an experienced and sometimes autocratic person to force through the changes needed for the European Union either to survive, or to be rebuilt from the ground up. Whatever path will… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
September 5, 2016
This is summary of some emerging and salient issues related to the UK departure from the EU. Workforce It is estimated that the UK recruits 7000 nurses and 2000 doctors annually from the EU. The UK is currently unable to meet its workforce requirements for the publicly funded NHS from its domestic higher education system.… » read more
Posted by Euro-Sante :: Euro-Health
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As no member state has ever left the European Union, there is no useful precedent for the process of British withdrawal under Article 50 TEU. There are, however, several association treaties between the EU and third countries which may offer guidance as the UK seeks to define a new settlement with the EU once its… » read more
Posted by Andrew Duff - On Governing Europe
The EU is no stranger to crises. It is often said, at least in academic circles, that a crisis can spur necessary further integration (known in Eurojargon as ‘deepening’). At the height of the Eurozone crisis, for example, Member States were willing to accept far-reaching reforms of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) that were… » read more
Posted by ACELG
August 18, 2016
The future of an EU with 27 member states. The future of Europe. Such statements raise a lot of questions. Will the shock of Brexit call into question the EU governance, the future of the institutions? Even after the famous Article 50 which enabled Britain to leave the European Union is activated, we have a… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
July 29, 2016
In the wake of the UK referendum vote to leave the EU, there has been no shortage of analysis of the voting patterns of the electorate: who voted to leave and why. Given the momentous – and unexpected – result, the level of interest is hardly surprising. While some patterns are clear, others are harder… » read more
Posted by Peter Bye
‘ Don’t ask what the media can do for EU, but think what Europe and media could do together’ “The EU never handled the media like a normal economic sector. Rather: regulating it, discussing press freedom, and asking it to ‘preach the gospel” #Media4EU is a joint project Fondation EurActiv / ULB IEE, plus media… » read more
Posted by Media4EU
