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“Political disaster” if UK leaves human rights law
Conservative politicians are bringing the UK into disrepute with an attitude towards the EU’s human rights law which could spell a “political disaster.” This was the opinion expressed by the EU’s most...
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The Nations In Between
Ex-USSR states are still getting caught between Brussels and the Kremlin. Twenty years on from the breaking up of the Soviet Union, political and economic pressures are forcing ex-bloc members to...
View ArticleMental Divide Between East and West Persists in Germany
A united Germany has become the economic powerhouse of Europe, but over two decades since reunification (23 year ago yesterday since the signing of the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to...
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Eurosceptics Unite in Hating Europe
European Parliament (Christian Wohlert) Voters from across the European Union will elect 751 deputies to the European Parliament in May. Proportional representation and voter apathy have long made...
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Ecuador: Bananas over trade
Bananas over trade International trade talks are usually so jargon-filled that it can make your head spin and very few can actually make sense over what this gobbledygook entails for a country’s...
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No pain, no gain – Ukraine’s economic conundrum
President of IMF Christine Lagarde Ukraine just can’t seem to catch a break these days. With the annexation of Crimea by it’s self-proclaimed motherland and a potential military conflict looming on...
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Can the EU take lessons from Ecuador?
Anti-austerity protests (c) cosmo_71 via Flickr As the second round of EU-Ecuador trade negotiations wrapped up on a positive note in March, Ecuador expects to have the bilateral trade agreement...
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The EU shouldn’t lift trade tariffs on Chinese solar panels
Source: Flickr, via Marufish SolarPower Europe last week presented a letter calling for an end to anti-dumping duties on Chinese-made solar panels and cells to the European Commission (EC). The letter,...
View Article2017 will be a year of uncertainty for European farmers
One thing looks certain: 2017 will be an unpredictable year for farmers across Europe. This will come as yet another blow to farmers who have already faced a raft of crises over the past few years. In...
View ArticleData Protection: The Issue of the 21st Century
If the Cambridge Analytica data mining scandal has hammered home one thing, it is that data is the fuel keeping our increasingly digitized economies running. Whistle-blower Christopher Wylie, who...
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