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The reasons for the prominence of the Ukraine war in the West are many – and include the Ukrainian government’s strategic efforts to tailor presentations of the conflict for Western sensibilities.
Oatly and Flora are fronting a petition to stop the EU getting even tougher on their packaging.
Who gets to decide what we call the things we eat? Increasingly, wealthy plant-based food moguls.
Information warfare has gone global. Here are some recent campaigns, and a couple of ideas about how to fight back.
In trying to win over hostile MEPs, the new president of the Commission made some bold promises.
It’s not just that the new top team only represents western states. Several of them seem rather unprepared to lead the union.
Though the effects were less this time, voters across the globe should remain vigilant against disinformation campaigns and election system hacking.
Populists didn’t do well enough in the EU’s recent elections to destroy Europe from within. But with far-right and far-left parties winning new seats, consensus on key issues looks ever less likely.
Green parties across Europe scored an all-time high in the European Parliament elections. Now, they’ll seek key reform on agriculture and trade – and could be kingmakers for Juncker’s replacement.
Ahead of the 2019 EU elections, experts from the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway look at how the EU is perceived, key issues and perspectives for the election.
Does an “European culture” or a “European identity” actually exist?
The League is rapidly losing support and its leader, Matteo Salvini, may take drastic action.
Who gets a vote and what are they voting for? Everything you need to know.
The European Parliament is particularly vulnerable to meddling. So let’s change the way it works.
The EU saw this coming and is ready for Farage’s ‘Trojan horse’.
After a huge defeat for the government’s Brexit deal, could it ask for more time to negotiate?
President Emmanuel Macron has presented himself as a defender of the liberal order against the rising tide of right-wing populism. But he can’t lead Europe while mass protests have France in crisis.
The proudly illiberal leader is forging new alliances ahead of European elections next year.
The limited “consultative and advisory powers” of the Pan African Parliament hamper the African Union’s ability to achieve a prosperous and peaceful Africa as envisioned in its Agenda 2063.
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Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics, University of Surrey
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Reader in European Politics, University of Westminster
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Senior Professorial Lecturer, Co-Director Transatlantic Policy Center, American University School of International Service
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School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Professor of Politics, Griffith University
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Senior Project Manager, Murdoch University
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
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Professor of European Politics, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of Politics, University of Sussex
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Professor in International Politics, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor of Political Science, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
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Professor of Politics and Co-Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe, University of Surrey
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Professor of European Politics and Society, University of Bath
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Professor of Law, University of Essex
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Tenure Track in Global History, Tampere University
