A series of ‘coups’ across decades allowed European institutions to take more and more power, always undermining the role of nation states and votersThis article is a summary of the first of three lengthy essays about the European Union by the historian Perry Anderson, published in the London Revi
Portugal assumes the EU presidency at a crucial moment. Amid a fluid scenario and systemic risks, the way Europe emerges from the pandemic may be relevant in terms of rebalancing a disparate global agenda.
Portugal assume a presidência da União Europeia num momento crucial. Em meio a um cenário fluido e repleto de riscos sistêmicos, a forma como a Europa emergir da pandemia pode ser relevante para o reequilíbrio de uma agenda global díspar.
Portugal asume la presidencia de la Unión Europea en un momento crucial. En medio de un escenario fluido y lleno de riesgos sistémicos, la manera en que Europa salga de la pandemia puede ser relevante en materia de reequilibrio de una agenda global disparatada.
We have moved from soft law to the request of multinational corporations of a regulation of their obligations related to human rights. Is there a shift in the global market?
Hemos pasado de la soft law a la petición de las empresas multinacionales de una regulación de sus obligaciones en materia de derechos humanos, pero, ¿se mueve algo en el mercado global?
Como sugiere el caso italiano, abordar el déficit democrático de las instituciones europeas es fundamental para evitar que esta crisis forje el fin de la Unión Europea. English
The far right did not conquer the European Parliament – but this doesn’t mean the threats to our rights have receded. Just look at what’s happening in Italy today.
Leaked proposals from a senior Irish politician, backed by powerful Christian lobbyists, raise stakes in European elections, where the far right is pushing for big gains
Continued potential for peaceful change is the principal condition; politics must be a process. That is why politics must be transnational,and Europe a transnational democracy.
Participants in the counter-demonstration organised in Ménilmontant, Paris on February 19 explain their protest against “the instrumentalization of antisemitism by pro-Zionist politicians.”
What's the importance of radical right leadership? A discussion of Olaf Sundermeyer’s, Gauland. Die Rache des alten Mannes [Gauland – The Revenge of the Old Man], Beck: Munich (2018).