Citizens Assemblies — an idea whose time has come (again)?
The Conference on the Future of Europe made a historic error in not including citizens from accession countries, and went largely unnoticed by the larger public largely because it was…
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Migration: Let us put the ‘pull factor’ myth finally to rest
Even before civil society actors started to carry out rescues at sea, state-led rescue operations were ended after being blamed to lead to increased migrant crossings from northern Africa (Photo:…
The EU-Kenya free trade deal shows a waning ‘Brussels effect’
Vultures on a tree in Kenya. With regards to Kenya and East Africa Community , one may suspect the EU is applying a cunning divide-and-rule strategy (Photo: Polygon.Cafe) EU trade…
10 years on from the Lampedusa shipwreck — what’s changed?
A decade on, and the EU response to sea crossings is still marred by inaction, apathy and hostility (Photo: noborder network) Cramped on a fishing trawler, about 500
Why EU Commission dumped Google’s favourite consultant
It would be so much simpler if the commission and other EU institutions were under an obligation to exclude consultants once a professional conflicting interest is established (Photo: Peter Teffer)…
The realists vs idealists Brussels battle on Ukraine’s EU accession
Ukraine president Volodymr Zelensky meeting EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen. The danger is that accession status to the EU, the so-called 'waiting room of Europe�
Punish Belarus too for aiding Putin’s Ukraine war
Belarus dictator Alexander Lukashenko has done everything to aid Vladimir Putin, bar send his own troops into Ukraine. Why should his oligarchs and banking systems be let off the hook?…
Time for a reset: EU regional funding needs overhauling
The creation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the late adoption of the EU budget for 2021-2027 and the disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic are responsible for fact that…
How do you make embarrassing EU documents ‘disappear’?
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The failure of the Just Energy Transition Fund in South Africa
Magid Magid: 'Despite the apparent novelty of the partnerships, they rigidly conform to the broken status quo in the most important respects: being predicated on a loan-based financing system' (Photo:…