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Opinion
Commentary on the latest developments across Europe
Tilman Voss
What's next? Azerbaijan's victory in Nagorno-Karabakh and shifting powers in the Southern Caucasus
It has only been weeks since the images of tens of thousands of Armenians fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh carrying everything they were able to...
Freya Astrid Theresa Entrup
Highschoolers in Formal Wear: A Reflection on the Brussels Field Trip
In this article, a first-year EPS student Freya Entrup gives a sharp and comedic overview of the annual EPS event — the Brussels field...
Emilie Joe Brandt
Climate Crises and Migration Trends
What does the Global Stocktake tell us about Human Mobility Ahead of COP28? Emilie Joe Brandt At the end of November, leaders from across...
Michaela Weberová
Pellegrini´s Road Not Taken: How the Third Most Popular Party Won the Elections in Slovakia
The political landscape of Central Europe is being reshaped - just two weeks before the Polish elections, Slovakia held its own snap...
Elsa Kraemer
Barbie is back in the box office: should we cheer?
What did Hollywood do this time? Review of the Mattel-Warner Bros movie a trimester after its initial box-office run. Elsa Kraemer A...
Marius Heil
Mass Protests in Poland - A Turning Point?
On June 4, 2023, a series of anti-government protests took place in Warsaw, Krakow and some other Polish cities. Sparked by the bill...
Brais Freire Braña
“Parlem”¹ – The European Union and the politics of linguistic diversity
Back in September 2022, the Spanish government announced that an official request would be submitted before the board of the European...
Gijs Verhoeff
Lost in translation(s): a world to win by investing in translations in the EU
From 11 to 19 March, it is ‘Boekenweek’ in the Netherlands, aimed at promoting literature to a Dutch audience. However, literary...
Manon Heerts
Europe's Freedom Fighters: Aletta Jacobs
On International Women’s Day 2023, Manon Heerts talks about the legacy of Aletta Jacobs, a Dutch feminist and medical practitioner....
Jeroen Spieker
Populism in the academic bubble
Few would disagree that the rise of populism – in particular right-wing populism – has been one of the most significant political...
Marko Milikic
Europarties and the Fairytale of Honest Politics
The recent decision of the Renew Europe and ALDE group leadership not to invite the Swedish Liberals (Liberalerna) to the group’s future...
Manon Heerts
Ambitious but Rubbish: Gender Blindness in EU Policy
The EU aspires to be a champion in gender equality. Since the Treaty of Lisbon, the EU has committed itself to designing policies that...
European Waves
Making Sustainable Travel Affordable:
Germany’s 9 Euro Ticket Experiment, Its Successor, & other European Transit Schemes As a response to the cost-of-living crisis sweeping...
Greta Scott
Racist, Sexist and Corrupt: The Officers Patrolling British Streets
In the United Kingdom, policing has come under scrutiny for racism, sexism and corruption. Greta Scott investigates. The British police...
Greta Scott
Swedish Elections 2022: The Shock of the Predictable
Sweden just voted out its Social Democratic government in favour of a right-wing government propped up by the far-right Sweden Democrats....
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