In just over two weeks, 88 police officers were injured in riots in Northern Ireland. The unrest constitutes the largest scale of violence in the region since the end of the thirty-year sectarian conflict known as the ‘Troubles’.… [Read more]
Tag: Brexit
Nobody cares about the EU… and why should they?
North Americans seem to have no problem considering Europe as one, well-oiled, unified whole. So why don’t Europeans? Especially given the impending European elections, why don’t people care more about the EU? Something considerably fundamental… [Read more]
The crisis of parliamentarism as an opportunity for the political participation of young people
With power eroding from the core, more and more citizens are turning to extra-parliamentary practices in order to influence change in a country. Julia Gundlach and Fabian Kunkel outline examples of these practices in Germany,… [Read more]
How Brexit is turning back the clock on gender equality
Gender inequality in the UK was one of the causes of Brexit and will be one of its effects, yet it is overlooked in the crisis discourse. Further neglect will only exacerbate the deep fissions… [Read more]
Europe’s Next Frontier: Integration, Refugees and Solidarity
What does an ‘Ever Closer Union’ mean? MIA Student Sasha Ockenden takes a look at the idea of European integration, the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, and the narratives that allow German populists to construct an ‘immigrant invasion’ in places… [Read more]
A Brexit We Can Believe In
The year of the Brexit referendum is drawing to a close. The UK is, at the time of writing, awaiting a Supreme Court judgment on the matter of whether British constitutional law requires the process… [Read more]
Caught Between a Rock and a “Hard” Brexit
Mark Dawson is Professor of European law and governance at the Hertie School and has been watching the aftermath of the Brexit referendum unfold from Berlin. After the dust settled, Lisa Gow, one of the… [Read more]