The new Western Balkans strategy – changing the carrot and no stick diet? (Part 2)

19 February 2018 European institutions

This article elaborates on the mechanics of enlargement in the Western Balkans and deliberates on the extent to which the European Commission’s new strategy on enlargement addresses the past misgivings […]

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Why 2018 is key to the EU’s Youth Guarantee

17 February 2018 European institutions

If 2018 is officially the European Year of Cultural Heritage according to the European Commission, it should also be the Year of Youth. Unemployment for people younger than 25 years […]

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The Commission's strategy on Western Balkans enlargement (Part 1)

17 February 2018 European institutions

On Tuesday February 6, the European Commission announced its strategy on the Western Balkans. The strategy offers a “merits-based prospect of membership for the Western Balkans” that, ideally, aims to […]

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Europe's Syrian quagmire

5 February 2018 Society

Just as the Levantine country suffers its second invasion by Turkey in a year and a half, Europe stands idly by, watching the Syrian civil war escalate. The European Union […]

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Youth, at the heart of the European agenda

5 February 2018 European institutions

Youth unemployment is and remains a top priority at EU level. The EU has been working relentlessly to help young people. I believe there are two sides of the same […]

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DiEM25 gives a wake-up call to Europe's establishment

12 September 2017 Other articles

At Bozar (Brussels) the movement co-founded by former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis presented a critical account of the state of affairs in the European Union, which they fear at […]

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