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Apples and Oranges – The Need for a New EU Food Policy
The year 2021 began full of hope and expectation, if only because a new year meant we could leave behind one of the most
Saving Our Digital Selves: Personalisation, Habermas & the GDPR
The motto of the 1933 World’s Fair in Chicago triumphantly reads, “Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms.” Such a motto paints a deterministic picture
The Invisible Plantation
“I remember that I’m invisible and walk so softly so as not to awake the sleeping ones. Sometimes it is best not to awaken
Sword, Shield and Social Media: Europe’s Digital Dilemma
Digital diagnosis: depressing? The European Union knows there is a problem in the digital realm. European member states were the first to set up
The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present & Future? Mass Anxiety & Democracy
“‘I wear the chain I forged in life,’ replied the Ghost. ‘I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it
Why Rewiring Our Financial System Should Concern Us All?
My name is Stéphanie Mareva Failloux. I am from Tahiti and have lived in Paris for twenty-five years. After graduating in 1997, I started
Can Europe Help Redesign Democracy in a Post-COVID-19 World?
What a year 2020 is turning out to be. Even if there had been no Covid-19, climate-related disasters such as the wildfires in the
Germany Adopted a Universal Basic Income, and Nobody Noticed
Germany may have bagged itself a universal basic income (UBI) through a legal back door. We’ll never know if the judges at the German
Eureka! Europe’s Green Dream
Europe’s prospects could not be better, but its challenges have rarely been greater. First, COVID-19 has only accelerated problems that were already present: economic
A Letter to a Friend. Should I Give Up My Seat?
“That was mine. And I miss it.” Do you think the fields miss you? “Oh, I know they miss me because I used to
The EU Strives to Take the Green Lane Out of the Crisis
COVID-19 begins to recede in Europe, for now at least. The recovery begins. It will be a long way back. There are more than
Europe Needs to Work With Overlooked Africa on Environmental Policies
Two years ago, I was driving on the highway from Rabat to Casablanca to catch a plane to San Francisco with my late father’s
