by C4EP | Jan 31, 2020 | Blog
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Gibraltar and Brexit Source: Pixabay Despite voting 96% to Remain, Gibraltar now faces Brexit: nothing short of a fundamental challenge to what it means to be Gibraltarian, British, and European. As the UK hurtles towards Brexit, its...
by C4EP | Jan 24, 2020 | Blog
CFEP in Porto An update on our work with our friends at the TRAIN project Last week, the Centre for European Progression headed to Porto for a seminar with the Tracing Integration Policies through Structured Dialogue (TRAIN) project team. The project aims to...
by C4EP | Jan 10, 2020 | Blog, Uncategorized
Negotiating Brexit, the Budget and the Balkans simultaneously is an unprecedented baptism of fire for Croatia. Source: Pixabay Only six and half years after joining the EU, on the 1st of January 2020, Croatia took over the rotating presidency of the Council of...
by C4EP | Dec 21, 2019 | Blog
It’s right wing versus left, until the wings fall off our heads: the UK Election 2019 Source: Pixabay Before the UK elections, the final YouGov model put the Conservatives on anywhere from 311 to 367 seats, with a prediction of 339. The magic majority is...
by C4EP | Dec 13, 2019 | Blog, Event reports
The Centre for European Progression held a panel discussion on Monday 9th December entitled The EU and the Western Balkans – An End of a Romance? Our panellists shared some vital insights for the future of the EU and for the Western Balkans. ...
by C4EP | Dec 6, 2019 | Blog
Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Rights in the European Union Source: Flickr (Sinn Fein) If someone cannot get upstairs, that may be the result of a ‘disabling’ condition. A more modern approach suggests that disability is not an individual...
by C4EP | Nov 29, 2019 | Blog
Young People and Radicalisation in Europe Source: Pixabay The youth of Europe are not just passive victims of radicalisation; they also hold the solution to preventing it In early 2015, CCTV footage of the three ‘Bethnal Green girls’ – Kadiza...
by C4EP | Nov 22, 2019 | Blog
A Beautiful Summer Source: Pixabay The Euro-Mediterranean is often the neglected region of EU Neighbourhood policy. Its potential should not be overlooked. In the European Union’s neighbourhood, most policymakers’ attention of late has been on the...
by C4EP | Nov 15, 2019 | Blog
Our Sisters: Serbia, Kosovo and UN Resolution 1325 Women’s voices are not being heard in the Belgrade-Pristina normalisation dialogue Source: Pixabay In Kosovo and Serbia, gender inequality is highly persistent in the political sphere. The 2018 Kosovo team...
by C4EP | Nov 8, 2019 | Blog, Event reports
The CFEP held a well-attended panel discussion on the Wednesday 6th November at the Press Club Brussels on the topic of Scotland and independence: out of the frying pan and into the fire? If you weren’t able to attend, here’s a brief summary of what you...
