European Parliament elections are held every five years and are often volatile. This week’s should be no exception.
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The European parliament is committed to a two-state solution, but many European countries are following the US lead and denying Palestinian statehood for now.
The far-right Alternative for Germany is courting the youth vote on TikTok with great success, ahead of the elections in June.
The French have an ambivalent relationship to the European Union, expressing a strong feeling of European belonging on the one hand, and Euroscepticism toward institutions on the other.
The proposed EU asylum and migration reforms focus on securing borders and making it easier to deport people, with little protection for migrants and asylum seekers.
The decade of negotiations was driven more by local political considerations, than by what might be best for refugees who have risked everything.
Legendary European parliament president Simone Veil fought for women’s reproductive rights in France and in Brussels. Is her legacy about to be re-opened?
At the farmers’ protests in Brussels in February, there were some who demanded for authorities to cut back red tape, while others rallied against market concentration. But such a polarisation isn’t insurmountable.
The Treaty of Lisbon celebrates its 15th anniversary on 13 December. Looking back, experts agree that it played a big part in structuring the EU as we know it. It reinforced the role of Commission President…
Europe’s radical right and radical left share a distaste for the status quo – but while one turns disquiet into votes, the other fails to make an impact.
Brussels’ inability to tackle Hungary’s growing authoritarianism reveals a key weakness in the EU system.
The reasons for the prominence of the Ukraine war in the West are many – and include the Ukrainian government’s strategic efforts to tailor presentations of the conflict for Western sensibilities.
Oatly and Flora are fronting a petition to stop the EU getting even tougher on their packaging.
Who gets to decide what we call the things we eat? Increasingly, wealthy plant-based food moguls.
Information warfare has gone global. Here are some recent campaigns, and a couple of ideas about how to fight back.
In trying to win over hostile MEPs, the new president of the Commission made some bold promises.
It’s not just that the new top team only represents western states. Several of them seem rather unprepared to lead the union.
Though the effects were less this time, voters across the globe should remain vigilant against disinformation campaigns and election system hacking.
Populists didn’t do well enough in the EU’s recent elections to destroy Europe from within. But with far-right and far-left parties winning new seats, consensus on key issues looks ever less likely.
Green parties across Europe scored an all-time high in the European Parliament elections. Now, they’ll seek key reform on agriculture and trade – and could be kingmakers for Juncker’s replacement.
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Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics, University of Surrey
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Reader in European Politics, University of Westminster
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Senior Professorial Lecturer, Co-Director Transatlantic Policy Center, American University School of International Service
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Professor of Politics, University of Sussex
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Professor in International Politics, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor of European Politics, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of Politics and Co-Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe, University of Surrey
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Professor of European Politics and Society, University of Bath
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Professor of Law, University of Essex
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Tenure Track in Global History, Tampere University
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