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Bonjour, Vladimir
Was Emmanuel Macron right to talk so much with Vladimir Putin before and after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine? And did Macron cross a line from well-intentioned engagement into something like naive appeasement? French journalist Guy Lag
Against White Feminism: Europe Edition
Author Rafia Zakaria (https://twitter.com/rafiazakaria) turned the feminist world upside down with her bestselling book Against White Feminism. (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/317/317241/against-white-feminism/9780241446096.html) White fem
Ultraconservatives in Putin's Shadow
Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine has threatened to be a public relations disaster for hard-right gatherings like CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference. Previous editions featured Putin supporters — and a CPAC meeting getting und
To Kyiv and Back
Would you pick up a gun and fight for Ukraine? The injustice of the Russian invasion has led white-collar professionals like Florent and Tomas to trade suits and ties for camouflage and Kalashnikovs. Florent, who is French, and Tomas, a Lit
In the Line of Fire
When Thomas left Brussels for Ukraine to train as a foreign fighter, he joined up with the Georgian Legion, a paramilitary group that's fought for years to stop Russian aggression. In this episode Thomas and his unit arrive in Kyiv, as part
Foreign Fighter Diaries
Thomas lives in Brussels. But last week, seemingly out of the blue, he upped sticks and left. He was already heading into Ukraine when he began sending his first dispatches — simple but captivating voicemails. Thomas is now in the internati
Eurafrique
Policy differences between Europe and Africa have been widening, and while there may be warm words about a new partnership when the leaders of the EU and African Union https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/international-summit/2022/02
European Shibboleths
Europe is green. Europe is humane. Europe has defeated populism. These views are common among the EU chattering classes. But they often seem more reflexive than reflective, and some of them amount to shibboleths — beliefs that are outmoded
Transparency, Interrupted
Freedom of information. Openness. Access to documents. These are names for laws people can use to ask authorities to share information and records. The European Union adopted its access regulation at the turn of this century. But as work we
Quick Take: Enrico Letta
Enrico Letta (https://twitter.com/EnricoLetta)was prime minister of Italy for less than a year before he was ousted by a rival, Matteo Renzi. But a lot happened during Letta's time at the top. After six years in Paris, he's back in Italy an
Book Club: The Scent of Wild Animals
Liberal lawmaker Sophie in 't Veld (https://twitter.com/SophieintVeld) says the European Union's survival depends on overcoming creeping sclerosis, ending acquiescence to autocrats, and embracing the kind of political spectacle that capture
The Climate Allies Europe Needs
With the next big climate conference about to get underway in Glasgow, major breakthroughs look elusive. Among the spectres at the feast are raging geopolitical tensions, high energy prices, the ongoing pandemic and — in the wake of Brexit
Hedegaard on the Hazards of Stalling Climate Action
Concerns are growing that the big climate conference in Glasgow (https://ukcop26.org/) next month will not do enough to avert climate breakdown. Obstacles to progress include international tensions between the US and China, and between the
Book Club: The Last Bluff
During the first few months of 2015 the world watched in awe — and often admiration — as a scrappy government in Athens tried to stare down Europe's financial and political establishment. The standoff failed spectacularly. Greece ended up w
A Hunger Strike at the Heart of Europe
This summer some 450 undocumented workers and migrants in Brussels refused food during two months. They were protesting Belgian immigration rules that human rights officials and campaigners like Lilana Keith (https://picum.org/staff/) of ht
Eurocrats Who Look Like Europe
There is a double standard at the heart of the European Union’s powerful executive body, the European Commission. Women — mostly white women — benefit from affirmative action when applying for jobs. But people of colour seeking advancement
First Aid for Polish Democracy
Parallels with the Soviet era are increasingly evident in Poland where the ruling coalition hounds judges and captures courts. Adam Bodnar (https://twitter.com/Adbodnar), the country's human rights commissioner (https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/co
Why She Won't Go
Ursula von der Leyen appears secure in her job as president of the European Commission. That's despite a troubled vaccine rollout in which delayed deliveries can cost lives and livelihoods. But preserving the status quo in Brussels comes at
Keeping the Red Flag Flying
The hard left is often associated with the colours red for revolution and black for anarcho-syndicalism. But the movement is more and more green these days too. The trend is exemplified in many ways by Manon Aubry (https://twitter.com/manon
Taking Brexit Personally
James Crisp (https://twitter.com/JamesCrisp6) has Boris Johnson's old job in Brussels covering EU affairs for The Daily Telegraph. James often writes with that jaundiced eye on the European project you'd expect from a correspondent on a ven
When Conservatives Endanger Democracy
Political scientist Daniel Ziblatt (https://twitter.com/dziblatt) is best known for co-authoring the 2018 bestseller How Democracies Die (https://www.amazon.com/How-Democracies-Die-Steven-Levitsky/dp/1524762938). The book is an indictment o
Citizen Deliberation in Light of an Insurrection
Can the European Union do more to hold back the kinds of malign forces that overran the US Capitol claiming to defend democracy? It's not an idle question. Democratic shortcomings in the European Union are regularly invoked by the far right
Honesty Is the Best Policy
Politicians mostly talk about shutting migrants out. That endangers migrants' lives and obscures an important truth: that Europe already relies on large numbers of migrants for farming and manufacturing. The reliance includes significant nu
Showdowns Over the Rule of Law
Brussels is increasingly expected to serve as the European Union's sheriff on rule of law. But its ability to enforce adherence to democratic norms and values remains weak. Mehreen Khan (https://euscream.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3
Europe on a Power Trip
Strategic autonomy has become the mantra for European Union officials. It started as a broadly French idea: that Europe needs sufficient military power to promote peace and security independent of the US. The idea has evolved to include pow
Apostles of Intersectionality Challenge Europe
Intersectionality is the concept that overlapping identities — disability, gender, race and sexual orientation for example — create forms of discrimination that can go unaddressed. But many European Union leaders are wary of the kind of ide
Online Violence: Stories from Bulgaria and Spain
Bigots and far-right extremists are using online violence to try to silence feminists and LGBT people. It's a cowardly tactic since perpetrators don’t have to meet their targets. We hear stories from two Europeans on the receiving end: Iran
Ylva Johansson on Migration and Its Drama Queens
Ylva Johansson (https://twitter.com/YlvaJohansson) is done with drama queen discussions that portray migrants and refugees as an existential threat to Europe. Johansson is the European Commissioner (https://ec.europa.eu/commission/commissio
Race and the von der Leyen Commission
The European Union has embarked on a push against racism amid protests following the killing of George Floyd. But important questions remain about whether some EU leaders and policies, and the bloc’s broadly federalist priorities, are the b
Data & Dystopia
Computing known as artificial intelligence sorts vast amounts of data — faces, our web browsing habits, even our gestures — into automated predictions used by companies and governments. The technology holds great promise for applications li
