The growing economic and ideological breach between Northern and Southern EU...
Southern European countries have been hardest hit economically by the Eurozone crisis. Using Eurobarometer data, Sonia Alonso notes that this economic disparity has also had a significant effect on...
View ArticleSpanish newspaper coverage of the German elections showed a clear split...
Last month’s German election received extensive media coverage in other European countries, particularly in those hardest hit by the Eurozone crisis. Sonia Alonso assesses the coverage of Angela Merkel...
View ArticleThe Eurozone is not suffering from an economic crisis, but a crisis of...
One of the most worrying aspects of the Eurozone crisis has been its effect on democracy. Sonia Alonso argues that while the crisis has weakened democracy in several countries, particularly with regard...
View ArticleGerman party manifestos are increasingly likely to downplay European issues...
Although the 2013 German elections were viewed as having wider importance for the rest of Europe, the issue of Europe itself played only a minor role in the election campaign. Sonia Alonso outlines...
View ArticleAs long as democratic legitimacy stems from national politics, governments...
When national governments make decisions at the EU level they have to balance policies which are in the national interest of their own state and policies which are in the wider interest of Europe as a...
View ArticleThe UK should take on board the lessons from Spain before embracing English...
The UK government has committed itself to solving the so called ‘West Lothian question’ whereby Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs can vote on ‘English only’ issues which have already been devolved...
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