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Governments don’t propose, markets dispose0
We were told that, if financial markets were free, they could work miracles: savings would be efficiently allocated and risk would be spread around, thereby lowering the risk of doing business and boosting economic growth and welfare.
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The challenge of integrating refugees into host countries’ labour markets0
In 2015, over 1.3 million people requested asylum in EU, representing more than double the number of applicants in 2014. During the first quarter of 2016, the number of persons seeking asylum from non-EU countries in the EU reached 287.100. The arrival of such an unprecedented number of asylum seekers poses an important challenge to the European Union and its Member States, that goes further than the humanitarian level and introduces the problem of socio-economic integration of the newly arrived refugees into their host countries.
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A British nuclear disaster? The go- ahead for Hinkley Point C1
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 03/11/2016
The terrifyingly bad-value Hinkley Point C deal based on out-dated renewables projections and unproven nuclear technology offers an already archaic answer to a problem that could be solved with ever- cheaper alternative renewables. Instead, affirmation of the nuclear renaissance for the UK demonstrates a desperate grasp at international cooperation in the wake of Brexit.
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To ‘Europeanize’ Islamic Education1
An increasing Muslim population in Europe, presenting new integration challenges such as a heightened risk of radicalization among Muslim youth, has led to policymakers seeking to mitigate such risks and promote integration by establishing programs in Islamic education and developing a ‘Europeanized’ interpretation of Islam. To truly ‘Europeanize’ Islamic education, however, it is first necessary to ‘Europeanize’ and standardize the underlying core components of these programs: the curricula as well as the training of Imams.
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The Crisis Between Russia and the West: Who gets to be right?0
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 28/10/2016
Conflicts are not only about incompatible interests. They are equally disagreements over why the conflict started in the first place. In the crisis between the West and Russia, diverting opinions and beliefs are evident, and both sides go at lengths to distort the narrative of the other. In this context “being right” should however not be the objective. Rather focus should be on how to address the underlying mistrust and feelings of betrayal expressed by both sides.
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Positive implications of CETA on the wood industry sector in the EU and CANADA0
- Environment and Energy, International Trade, Op-ed
- 24/10/2016
The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between EU and Canada promises to create a better business environment on both sides of the Atlantic. When applied, the CETA will strive to remove customs duties, open up to the services market, end the restrictions on access to public contracts and support future investors. Moreover, the agreement is designed to support standards, especially those that Europeans are sensitive about such as food safety and worker’s rights.
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European solidarity corps: An IKEA guide to social cohesion0
The Commission proposal for a European Solidarity Corps comes at a time when solidarity between and within states is at a low point. By marrying solidarity with paid work experience the initiative breaks a vicious circle of non – solidarity in the age of individualism. There is, after all, nothing like a bit of self-interest to build social cohesion from the ground up. Flexible security is the missing component in rigid social security systems that have long ceased to offer real security to Europe’s youth.
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Why are we neglecting refugee women and children?0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 18/10/2016
Calais and Nauru. Two places in the world that could not be further from each other, both in distance and culture. However, there is one dark similarity that mirrors these two distinctly different regions; the astonishing human dumping ground that their governments have created within them. Dumping grounds we commonly refer to as refugee camps.
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Apple, Ireland and the EU: considerations on just corporate tax regimes15
The preferential treatment granted by Ireland effectively configures as state aid, a practice which is not only incompatible with the internal market principles of free competition and non-discrimination, but also unethical.
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