German philosopher Jurgen Habermas once famously pronounced the European Union a force for good: A model for what he described as a “cosmopolitan world order.” The Nobel committee agreed and in 2012 awarded…
A far cry from the UK.
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New research on Norway shows how political integration with the EU has economic benefits too.
A refugee displays an image of one of his three children who drowned when the boat on which the family fled the war in Syria sank in the Mediterranean.
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Political leaders have a ready culprit in people smugglers for drownings at sea. The problem is that this ignores responsibility for eliminating all other options for these people to avoid harm.
Business as usual for European commissioner for competition, Margrethe Vestager.
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Syriza came to power promising to renegotiate Greece’s relationship with the EU. The fallout of their attempts to do so is a lesson for a UK that would try to do the same.
Will negotiators play a game of chicken or be able to clink champagne glasses over a nice chicken dinner?
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Eunice Goes, Richmond American International University
The Conservative promise to hold a referendum on the UK’s European Union membership has been presented as a clear dividing line between the three main parties in the 2015 election campaign. While the Conservatives…