Cameron and Europe: much ado about a few things
David Cameron has presented claims to the EU that are pragmatic, reasonable and in line with reality, certainly de facto although perhaps not de jure.
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The Paris attacks: another lost opportunity for European defence
This crisis after the Paris attacks would have been a good opportunity to promote a common European defence policy against a common threat.
Spain 40 years after General Franco: change of a nation
Spain has changed beyond recognition since General Franco died 40 years ago. The country telescoped its political, economic and social modernisation into a much shorter period than any other European country.
Draghi’s morphine has stalled the Eurozone’s reform efforts
More than three years after the agreement on a banking union for the Eurozone, ¿what has been achieved in making the EMU a more stable construct?
Erdogan’s snap Turkey election gamble pays off: ruling AK regains absolute majority
The ruling neo-Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recovered the absolute majority in Turkey’s snap parliamentary election that it lost in June, but with not enough seats to push through constitutional reforms to enable him to become an executive president.
Elections in Spain: just part of a general European volatility
The general elections in Spain must be seen in this context. It is part of Europe’s overall volatility.
The rise of ‘Chermany’: Germany and China, the big winners in economic globalisation
This ARI compares the evolution of the global economic presence of the Big Five European economies with the emerging economies of the BRICS and the N11.
The EU and resource governance: rules and facts
Resource governance is a relatively novel issue in global and European energy governance
Putting Germany’s ‘mini-jobs’ in their context
It is unfair to accuse the Germans of imposing a precarious labor model in Europe when the likes of Spain and Greece suffer the highest unemployment. It is better to get people back to work by giving them a job and welfare payments than state aid alone.
Catalonia torn in two
Catalonia is divided. But don’t hold your breath for independence.