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Goodbye Brexit dream, hello lessons learnt0
- EU Governance and Politics, Op-ed
- 25/07/2016
On the 23rd of June 2016 the United Kingdom, one of the three pillars of the EU alongside France and Germany, and the biggest champion of its enlargement, votes to leave the Union. Whether this historic date will be remembered as Europe’s doomsday or the beginning of its resurrection now weights entirely on the EU shoulders.
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Why Leave won and what’s next for the UK1
Brexiteers could not have dreamed of a more propitious Zeitgeist for their campaign: the recent Euro crisis, the hasten influx of refugees and migrants, the Islamic State’s attacks in Paris and Brussels, the March 2016 EU-Turkish deal on conditional visa-free allowances, the Prime Minister’s father’s involvement in the Panama Papers affair, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s withdrawal of some of his key proposals from the UK budget.
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BREXIT Vol. 2: Britain’s withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 11/07/2016
In the midst of debates on whether the United Kingdom (UK) should leave the European Union, the UK’s Home Affairs Secretary Theresa May came out with a controversial statement turning things upside down by redirecting the British opposition against another European institution – the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
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Who’s afraid of the big (bad) EU?0
- EU Governance and Politics, Op-ed
- 01/07/2016
The reason to stay in the post-Brexit EU should not be based on fear.
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What would Brexit (actually) mean for the UK’s migration policy0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 22/06/2016
No matter where you’re residing, chances are you have heard of the impending doom or glory (depends how you look at it) facing the UK in the name of Brexit. Arguably, the main issue concerning Brexit is the current buzzword in British politics today, migration.
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Brexit’s forgotten alternatives: are they feasible?0
- EU Governance and Politics, Op-ed
- 16/06/2016
Far from providing a solution to UK’s frustrations in terms of immigration, payments to the EU and red tape, a withdrawal from the EU would wipe out the exceptional benefits which the UK already enjoys under EU membership.
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Policy Research Internship
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- 22/10/2018
Policy Research Internship
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- 22/10/2018