After a decade of crises, Europe is witnessing the rise of insurgent Europeanism

The upcoming Conference on the Future of Europe offers a unique opportunity for EU citizens to express their views on the direction of travel for the Union, particularly through the intermediary of civil society. A recently published LSE IDEAS report, … Read More

Switzerland heads for Brexit-like EU clash with €227bn at stake

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Around 1.4 million citizens of EU countries live in Switzerland, with a population of over 8.6 million. From tomorrow, Swiss medical-technology companies will no longer be allowed to export duty-free to the European Union as Bern and Brussels failed to … Read More

EU will allow fully vaccinated holidaymakers in – but has not yet decided if Britain will make ‘safe list’

Ambassadors signed off plans to allow people who have received both Covid jabs to enter EU countries for non-essential trips such as holidays. Travellers walk with their luggage at Fiumicino Airport after Italy lifted quarantine restrictions for people arriving from … Read More

Biden drops a genocide bomb on Erdogan

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Biden’s curiously timed statement on WWI atrocity against Ottoman Armenians drives US-Turkey relations to a new low. Then US Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2016. Biden called Erdogan the day before making his … Read More

Euro area debt soars to 98% of GDP amid COVID-19 crisis, says Eurostat

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Protesters demand more resources for public health system and against social inequality in the southern neighbourhood of Vallecas, Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020.   –   Copyright  Bernat Armangue/AP Public deficit and debt soared in the EU as governments massively supported their economies … Read More

MEPs raise concerns on vaccine ‘travel certificates’

The EU’s ‘Digital Green Certificate’ aims to ease travel within the bloc this summer (Photo: rudlavibizon) EU commissioner for justice Didier Reynders on Tuesday (13 April) announced that a pilot project for EU-wide vaccine certificates could be launched “in the … Read More

MEPs stall EU-UK trade deal ratification — again

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European Parliament leaders had been expected to announce that the deal would finally be ratified in late April. Leading MEPs on Tuesday once again refused to set a date to ratify the EU-U.K. post-Brexit trade deal, saying they would wait until … Read More

In Turkey’s Failed Coup, Trainees Face the Same Stiff Punishments as Generals

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Clothes and weapons belonging to soldiers involved in the failed coup attempt on the Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul in 2016.Credit…Getty Images ISTANBUL — Their happiness shines out of the photograph: 14 graduates of Turkey’s Air Force Academy celebrating their completion … Read More

Ten Admirals Detained in Turkey as Erdogan Warns of New Coup

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Credit: Turkish Presidency Turkey detained 10 retired admirals on Monday, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of a new coup following a letter signed by more than 100 retired admirals warning about a possible threat to a treaty governing the use of … Read More

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