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Standing Up to Bullies With Frans Timmermans
Standing up to bullies was ingrained in Frans Timmermans (https://twitter.com/TimmermansEU) from his schooldays. The Dutchman came to prominence six years ago as his country's foreign minister with an emotional speech at the United Nations.
Winning the Car Wars
Lockdowns in response to the coronavirus mean cities are quieter, skies clearer, and breathing is easier. For many city dwellers the lack of cars tearing through their streets has been a revelation amid the suffering and loss inflicted by C
Angst Over Italexit
Italians were hit hardest when the coronavirus landed in Europe but the European Union was slow to help the country. The president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has apologised — twice. The contrition is better late than ne
The High Price of Muzzling Media
The coronavirus outbreak has been a pretext for government censorship and a crackdown on journalists, who have been exposed to new criminal charges as well as violent attacks. Among those targeted by official smear campaigns is Blaž Zgaga (
Crisis Communications
Eric Mamer (https://twitter.com/MamerEric) took over last year as chief spokesperson (https://ec.europa.eu/info/contact/press-services/press-contacts/press-contacts-spokespersons-service_en) for the European Commission, an institution he’s
Věra Jourová on Surveillance and Covid-19
Věra Jourová (https://twitter.com/VeraJourova) is the Czech politician who is vice-president for values and transparency at the European Commission (https://ec.europa.eu/commission/commissioners/2019-2024/jourova_en), the body that proposes
Coronavirus vs. Democracy
Concern is growing that emergency powers deployed to control the coronavirus pandemic are being used to erode democracy and civil rights. Joelle Grogan (https://twitter.com/joellegrogan?lang=en), a senior lecturer in law at Middlesex Univer
A Field Guide to Autocrats
Michael Peel (https://www.ft.com/michael-peel) of the Financial Times unpicks the patterns underlying the authoritarian revival in Europe and worldwide. His recently published book, The Fabulists (https://oneworld-publications.com/the-fabul
Campaigning in the Age of Bigots
How are campaigners winning progressive victories in the age of bigots and bullies? Kajal Odedra (https://twitter.com/kajalodedra1?lang=en) is the UK director of Change.org, a global petition service that allows members of the public to mob
Macron's Ugly Side
For many people, Emmanuel Macron still represents the great hope for an open and liberal Europe. So what to make of the French president’s growing preoccupation with Islam, terror and security? Mehreen Khan (https://twitter.com/mehreenkhn?l