Europe & the EU – Page 2 – Eastminster: a global politics & policy blog

UEA experts react to the EU Referendum result

June 23, 2016June 26, 2016 by Editor

Editor

Staff from UEA react to the result of the EU Referendum based on their expertise. This page will be updated as more reactions come in. Please share your thoughts using the comments below. Marina Prentoulis on the future of Europe: "This vote opens up a world of uncertainty, uncertainty that…

Introducing Cameron’s EU red card will have limited impact

February 26, 2016February 26, 2016 by Editor

Editor

The UK government’s proposal for a "red card procedure" for national parliaments to stop EU policy proposals would have affected less than two percent of votes in the EU Council of Ministers -- and that's assuming governments lose the plot, argue Sara Hagemann, Chris Hanretty and Simon Hix. [caption id="attachment_2248"…

'An 1852 Wallachian poster advertising an auction of Romani slaves'

Latin America’s Roma

February 23, 2016February 26, 2016 by Editor

Editor

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller populations are widely unacknowledged in national histories, except when they are viewed as constituting a social problem. Hazel Marsh examines the history of Roma in Latin America, and recent moves to link Roma struggles for recognition with those of indigenous and other marginalised groups in the…

Has the EU failed us, or have we failed to forge a European identity?

February 22, 2016February 22, 2016 by Editor

Editor

Has the EU failed us, or have we failed to forge a European identity, asks Marina Prentoulis. [caption id="attachment_1336" align="alignright" width="300"] Dr. Marina Prentoulis, University of East Anglia[/caption]As a Greek citizen long resident in Britain, I cannot help noticing the almost complete absence of any sense of European identity in…

The EU Referendum on Eastminster

February 12, 2016May 23, 2016 by Editor

Editor

The UK will hold a referendum on whether to leave the EU on 23 June. [caption id="attachment_2248" align="alignright" width="300"] David CameronSource: https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7647/16685723418_5c81136bc2_b.jpg[/caption]On Eastminster you'll find a range of posts relating to the referendum and this page will be updated on a rolling basis, with postcasts, opinion and analysis. UEA's Professor…

Lord Lawson keynote speech at UK in a Changing Europe event

February 12, 2016February 16, 2016 by Editor

Editor

The UK's influence over the European Union was a theme of a major conference at King's College London on 12 January 2016, organised by UEA Professor Hussein Kassim with Professor Simon Hix, LSE. Both are ESRC Fellows. Panelists, John Charmley (UEA), Piers Ludlow (LSE) and Sir Stephen Wall, prompted by…

The UK and the EU: ask the experts

February 5, 2016February 12, 2016 by Editor

Editor

UEA hosted an event where the public could ask the expert in Norwich in February 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDZZ_J-hJ0M The panel in Norwich included: Angus Armstrong, director of macroeconomics, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, and senior fellow The UK in a Changing Europe Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union Law,…

TTIP approved? Greek democracy eviscerated? Something is rotten in the state of Europe

July 14, 2015July 14, 2015 by Editor

Editor

Rupert Read joins Baronness Jenny Jones to ask whether 'progressives' can really continue to take for granted that a Yes vote in the UK EU referendum is the right thing to do, given the latest developments in relation to Greece Something that some of us have been urging for a…

A masterclass in how not to conduct diplomatic negotiations: Reflections on the new Greek bailout agreement

July 13, 2015July 14, 2015 by Editor

Editor

Vassiliki Koutrakou criticises Syriza's negotiation strategy with the EU Despite the unquestionable relief at its accomplishment, the provisional agreement on a 3rd bailout deal for Greece, reached on the night of 12th July will remain in the annals of history as the result of one of the most catastrophic negotiations…

A Plea to Greek People for Sense and Responsibility

June 30, 2015 by Editor

Editor

Dr. Vassiliki N. Koutrakou argues that Greek people should not act instinctively in forthcoming referendum. As the emergency referendum on the last ditch EU-IMF Greek rescue plan looms, it has never been more urgent for the Greek people to try to reflect soberly, rather than instinctively, on the desperate situation the…

« Previous 1 2 3 Next »