Op-ed

Clean up or close down: the European Union’s response to polluting power industries 0
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 12/09/2017
The European Union has turned its focus towards Europe’s most polluting power plants and revised emission standards for nitrous oxide (NOx), sulphur dioxide (SO2), mercury and particulate matter. For many Europeans this is a welcomed change, but with member states flouting air quality standards and continuing to support failing industries rather than transition – will we ever be able to breathe easily?
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European Unemployment Insurance – a good initiative missing proper foundation 0
- Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 29/08/2017
The European Unemployment Insurance is a reawakened EU initiative imagined to function as a supranational coordination and stabilization mechanism. While its purpose is justified and its design viable, a pre-condition that underpins such a scheme is currently absent.
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The Fumes of War 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 29/08/2017
When did I realize a change was coming, an internal war percolating, like coffee on the fire?
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Reserved seats in Parliament hurt rather than help Kenyan female candidates 1
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 25/08/2017
As Kenyans voted in the country’s latest general election, the constitutional requirement to implement its two-thirds gender rule came under more scrutiny.
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The ‘Berlin Promise’ – Dashed expectations must not spell defeat in the Western Balkans 0
- EU Governance and Politics, Op-ed
- 20/08/2017
The countries of the Western Balkans are facing numerous socioeconomic challenges, such as a dramatic deterioration in democratic governance, slow rates of growth and high unemployment. Despite the fact that full membership for the Western Balkans countries is unquestionably a long way off, EU approximation represents hope for reforms to prevent the region from fading into oblivion and insecurity. This approximation could best be secured in the framework of the Berlin Process.
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Can the EU’s fight against illegal logging help to preserve forest ecosystems in timber producing nations?1
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 18/08/2017
Preserving ecosystems via trade – A long way ahead for the EU’s fight against illegal logging.
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