The political establishment has a decisive role in determining the place of hatreds in society; with adequate rules, laws and institutions it can marginalise and neutralise or, on the contrary, tolerate and encourage them.
This sudden emergence of populism was in fact a true sign of modernity. This is what you might describe as a warning shot – and when you see it happen, you have to realize that something is very wrong with democracy. An interview.
Unless the EU revisits its strategies and values for good governance at home, it will always risk appearing as arrogant as Mr Erdogan when addressing audiences abroad.
Newly published reports on Roma integration strategies show little signs of tangible progress in 2012, especially in addressing the rights and well-being of Roma youth. European Union member states must act soon to prevent another ‘lost generation’ of Roma.
For its citizens, Europe has become a cold and alienating power, instead of the welcoming space it was meant to be. Where did that political and intellectual left which in the last two decades has been decisively Europeanist go wrong?
The quest for solutions to the Eurozone crisis has been interspersed by Franco-German controversies. But national differences, which are inevitable in the economic sphere, do not impede vital convergence. Making good use of differences to take Europe forward is the permanent challenge for both cou
Drawing on support from permissive governments, multinational manufacturer Foxconn has set up shop in Central Europe. Yet the transitory nature of the many migrant workers employed in these factories will have serious consequences for the future of labour in Europe.
One might note that the less represented the ‘popular’ classes are in political parties, in parliament or in government, the more ‘populism’ is branded a threat.
Brutal assaults by the Turkish police on protesters in Istanbul and around the country during the last few days have invited a few expressions of ‘concern’ from EU capitals. Unfortunately, the EU’s ‘concern’ about the Turks’ human rights is not substantiated by corresponding policy.
Gas, gas, gas, it is the only way they deal with problems that come under one heading.
