The Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) is an EU democracy experiment where citizens across Europe are taking part in the EU policy making. This is the first time that a deliberative democracy experiment is promoted by transnational institutions.…
Relatives of 13 civil rights protesters shot dead in Northern Ireland by British soldiers 50 years ago demanded justice on Sunday (30 January), as they commemorated one of the darkest days in modern UK history. The “
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Italian president Sergio Mattarella, re-elected for a second term Saturday (29 January), will have to bring his diplomatic A-game to restore political calm after a fraught election threatened to topple the government. The 80
Scotland needs better debates on EU relations today and possible EU membership in the future. In their absence, Scotland will continue to fade into the European political background (Photo: Valentina Pop) In Edinburgh, the Scottish Parliament still flies the European…
The UK government will introduce new legislation allowing it to change or scrap retained European Union laws, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday (31 January) to mark two years since Brexit. The new “Brexit Freedoms Bill” will make it easier…
Nine far-right and nationalist European leaders, among others Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and France’s Marine Le Pen, have agreed on a “
With Russian troops massed along Ukraine’s borders and Vladimir Putin threatening a potentially devastating new invasion of the country, the drumbeat of Kremlin propaganda is also becoming noticeably louder. This is no surprise. Ever since the onset of Russian aggression…
With Russia threatening a new invasion of Ukraine, US and EU officials have been working on contingency plans to identify alternative energy supplies for European consumers in case Moscow disrupts westward deliveries of oil and gas. While nobody other than…
The story of an uncle’s cocaine conviction formed only part of Judge Jackson’s understanding of the system’s complexities. She is now seen as a contender to be President Biden’s Supreme Court pick. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson “sees things from different…