Thinking Big: Universal Basic Income

Thinking Big: Universal Basic Income Utopia or Revolution? A conversation with François Denuit, PhD. François Denuit.  Photo: Joseph Cochran   Economic inequality. Unemployment. Automation. The Universal Basic Income (UBI) promises to tackle some of the...

Montenegro Calling

Montenegro Calling The Balkan country’s ambitious road towards the EU Ana Đurnić   Montenegro is a country of  wild beauty:  crystalline shores, majestic mountains and flourishing valleys. It is no surprise that tourism is Montenegro’s leading industry, directly...

Finland ahead of the Council presidency

Finland ahead of the Council presidency   Increased political fragmentation at the core of recent election results   Credit: Otto Ilveskero   Disappointment. Injustice. The bittersweet taste of joy that lingers in your tears as the victory you thought...

What goes around

What goes around   Circular economy takes the centre stage in European climate action   Source: Pixabay   Two weeks ago, a washed-up carcass of a whale was found on the coast Sardinia, Italy with 22 kilograms of plastic waste in its stomach. The...

Expanding the EU Green Card

Expanding the EU Green Card   Taking steps towards European migration reform     There is no more migrant crisis. The number of sea arrivals to the EU is down 90% from the 2015 peak levels, but the crisis mode stubbornly lingers in European political...

Looking for a common strategy

Looking for a common strategy   EU struggles with a united vision on China ahead of bilateral summit   Source: Wikimedia Commons   The EU is struggling to maintain a united front towards China ahead of the 21st bilateral EU–China summit on 9 April....

Piece by piece

Piece by piece   Solving the challenges hindering EU–US trade talks   Source: Security & Defence Agenda | Flickr   The EU–US trade negotiations could be revitalised “within some weeks”, according to the EU Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström....

Pandora’s box in the Balkans

Pandora’s box in the Balkans   EU should reconsider its support for the Kosovo–Serbia “land swap”   Source: Wikimedia Commons   The attempts to settle one of the hottest borders in the Western Balkans have once again returned to ethnic...

Can’t trust this

Can’t trust this   Common European action needed to challenge disinformation   Source: Pixabay   With under 80 days to go until the European Elections, disinformation and the integrity of electoral democracy seems to be on everyone’s lips. This...