by C4EP | Oct 24, 2017 | Blog
Who’s gonna drive you home tonight? Controversy in the German car industry Recently, I stumbled upon a quote from the famous German poet and dramatist Bertolt Brecht, in which he states that the worst illiterate is the political illiterate. However,...
by C4EP | Oct 20, 2017 | Blog
Catalonian ripples Northern Italy’s vote for autonomy Photo: BS News The Catalonian referendum has re-opened the debate on the right to self-determination and on regionalism all around Europe. Bavaria, Flanders and Veneto are often mentioned as similar to the...
by C4EP | Oct 20, 2017 | Blog
This Charming Politician New Ways of Selling Politics French President Emmanuel Macron taking a selfie (Twitter) Political communication was a class I really enjoyed in my college days. We had one of those professors whose rhetorical skills would keep us...
by C4EP | Oct 13, 2017 | Blog
In Margrethe Vestager the left has a new leader, but nobody in Italy noticed Read the original article in Italian here Pierluigi Bersani and Massimo D’alema haven’t invited her to their conventions, Giuseppe Civati hasn’t yet put her in the “Possibile” pantheon,...
by C4EP | Oct 11, 2017 | Blog
Austropopulism How Austrian politics shifted to the right Leaders of the main Austrian parties: Heinz-Christian Strache (FPÖ), Christian Kern (SPÖ) & Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) (Blick) During my study days in Austria, as every curious foreigner, I was...
by C4EP | Oct 6, 2017 | Blog, Uncategorized
Compromise is not a shame Parliamentary debate on Catalonia The debate broke the so-called “silence” of the EU on the subject, but in the end it most agreed a solution must be found within the framework of the Spanish law through dialogue and compromise. Whatever this...
