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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.
The two-year period for withdrawing from the EU has been launched, so what happens next?
The Treaty of Rome, which eventually led to the European Union, is turning 60 at a time when many inside and outside Europe are questioning the union’s value. For the U.S., much is at stake.
The only thing needed for Europe to leap towards further political integration is for French and German heads of state to support it.
Two Germans, a Frenchman and a Belgian: who to watch as negotiations with the UK begin.
The Brexit vote was the outcome of the disillusionment and disengagement that have permeated the UK. Many Europeans share that mood, which is why both the UK and EU need radical democratic surgery.
Here are four ways in which, you, the citizen, can decide what goes on in Brussels.
Explaining how the European Parliament and Commission combine to represent the interests of 28 member states.
Assessing the argument that the British people would be better represented by their national parliament.
A specialist in EU law reads the fine print, so you don’t have to.
Europe’s directly elected chamber is a tangled web of conflicting interests. But few want the Brexit debate to rumble on any longer than necessary.
The EU is investigating concerns that the national government is breaching shared values as it pushes through constitutional reforms.
A cluster of MEPs has become a formal group in the European Parliament at a very sensitive time.
MEPs are fuming that they were denied a debate on the controversial trade deal.
“This time it’s different,” promised the European Parliament in an awareness campaign ahead of the May 2014 elections. And, judging by the headlines, it certainly has been different. Many in the media…
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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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Professor of Politics, University of Sussex
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Professor in International Politics, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor of European Politics, Queen's University Belfast
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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
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