The Dutch Ukraine Referendum That Was Never Really About Ukraine
David Bokhorst and Bogdan Koetsier
The recent Dutch referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, which rejected the agreement, was m…
Category: Identity
European Commissioners and Their Cabinets: Government Influence is Limited
Renke Deckarm
While many elements of the European Commission have been the object of study, commissioners themselves and their cabinets have …
From the Czech Republic to ‘Czechia’: Shaping Modern Identity
Jan Čulík
The recent announcement that the Czech Republic will adopt a shorted name, ‘Czechia’, is the product of decisions made by political e…
Brexit, Northern Ireland and British-Irish Relations
Christine Bell
In-Depth Analysis
Despite the precarious nature of politics in Northern Ireland, the emerging political differences on the q…
How Long Can France’s State of Emergency Last?
Emile Chabal
France’s state of emergency in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks has been predominately intended as a measure of public reas…
Divided by Europe: The UK Nations and the EU Referendum
Charlie Jeffery
Polling shows that people in the various parts of the UK might vote in different ways in the EU referendum, writes Charlie Jeffe…
The Future of the EU: Values and the Will of the People
David Bunikowski
Common values and the future of the European Union are intrinsically linked, writes Dawid Bunikowski. Taking a legal philos…
Educating Europe: A Story of Shifts and Grand Old Myths
Sotiria Grek
Education has been an important, if often unrecognised, means of achieving European integration, writes Sotiria Grek. She argu…
Rationalising the Irrational? How to Make Sense of Member States’ Responses to the Asylum Crisis
Pontus Odmalm
Mainstream political parties in Europe have largely found it difficult to develop coherent policies to address the asylum cris…
The Use of #Migrant and #Refugee on Twitter
Clare Llewellyn and Laura Cram
In discussions on the mass movement of people from the Mediterranean Basin to Europe, the choice of words can pla…