Book Publication: Is Europe Facing a Democracy Crisis?
The European Union has a democracy problem. The polycrisis that has plagued the EU for years has led to a cacophony of voices calling for fundamental change to the integration project. Yet despite the shock of the Brexit referendum and the electoral upsets caused by nativist parties across the continent, few of the plans for EU reform include concrete proposals to address the perennial democratic deficit. Read
Blogā Well done! 6
I have to confess, I was not very happy when the results of UK elections were announced a few weeks ago. Read
Blogā Stimulus? What stimulus?! 7
Hardly a day goes by without another politician, an expert, or a civil servant thoughtfully talking about how they would like to stimulate the economy. Read
Blogā Obama! 7
Yes, it happened! Obama is the next President of the United States. The selfish creature that I am, I will not follow the example of other bloggers on this site and analyse why this is good for America and for the world (though it is!). Instead, I will write why I feel so good about it. Read