The Brief — Titanic, third class
On 16 April 1912, the New York American ran with the headline “J.J. Astor lost on Titanic, 1,500 to 1,800
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Departure of EU’s Vestager triggers game of musical chairs for her posts
The departure of Margrethe Vestager, one of the European Commission’s heavyweights, could trigger a chain reaction and an early reshuffle less than a year from the finish line. As the Commission’s mandates draw to a close, it is natural that…
Here’s How Americans Feel About Affirmative Action, According to the Polls
Give this articleShare full article A majority of white and Asian adults disapprove of racial consideration in admissions, while Black Americans largely approve and Hispanics are about evenly split. Half of Americans disapprove of colleges and universities taking race and…
SCOTUS Last Issued a Major Decision on Affirmative Action in 2016
The case was brought by Abigail Fisher, a white student who said the University of Texas had denied her admission because of her race. Give this articleShare full article + The Supreme Court upheld the race-conscious program at the University…
Belgian FM expected to survive no-confidence vote
Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib is facing a no-confidence vote on Thursday after granting visas to Iranian and Russian delegations in the framework of a mayor’s convention earlier this month, but parties say they won’t vote for it as it could…
Greece’s Tsipras resigns from leftist Syriza’s leadership
Alexis Tsipras, the former prime minister of Greece and leader of the main opposition Syriza party (EU Left), resigned on Thursday (29 June) following a poor showing in a national parliamentary election and will not run for the party’s presidency.…
The EPP on manoeuvres
Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques will bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday. In this edition we look at the row over the EPP’s…
Sanctions — how they work, and how oligarchs get around them
While sanctions are supposed to always entail asset freezes, whether property is in fact frozen — or, say, remains hidden behind nominee owners and thus cannot be linked to the sanctioned individual — depends on multiple factors (Photo: Novaya Gazeta…
Dutch agrarian party leader calls for realism in migration debate
Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) leader Caroline van der Plas criticised excessive polarisation concerning the migration debate within political circles in a parliamentary discussion on Wednesday and called for more realistic measures to be implemented. During the debate, lawmakers discussed a proposed…
UK businesses given financial aid to ditch fossil fuels for cleaner alternatives
Businesses across the UK received a share of over £80