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The green wave: A sustainable political shift in Europe?
Never before have European Green parties been as popular as they are today. In this year’s European elections, the grouping of Green...


Recession fears abound in Europe as uncertainty lingers
It has been over a decade since the Great Recession of 2007-2009. Now more than ever, markets across the world are exhibiting the warning...


The EU is over
Richard Smith argues in favour Taking a leaf out of the Boris Johnson book of ‘flirt with both sides, then decide’, this piece began life...


A New EU Era, A New Direction?
The time has come for the European Union (EU) to pick its new bosses. The president roles up for grabs are that of the European...


Andrej Babiš enforces the message that democracy is tedious and undesirable
The Czech Prime Minister, Babiš has been accused of undermining democracy on several grounds. His association with communism, lack of...


Putin is right about liberalism - But he doesn't have to be
Vladimir Putin has fired his latest broadside against Western political ideas, by claiming that liberalism has become ‘obsolete’. The...


We are in a New Political Era; France’s Centre-Right must Adapt to Survive
Is there a future for the centre-right? In what increasingly seems to be a new age in politics, there is much anecdotal evidence to...


Germany's Flourishing Greenery: The Rise of the Greens
The 2019 European election saw the German Green Party knock the centre-left heavyweight SPD out of second place, placing them just behind...


The European elections: An EU wakeup call
In the past, European elections were regarded as unimportant. At most, they were an opportunity to shake up the system through the use of...


Fighting on the Beaches: 75 years on from D-Day
On 6th June 1944, seventy-five years ago this year, D-Day and Operation Neptune went into effect. Soldiers from nine allied nations, four...
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