Blog
January 8, 2019
A lot has been written about how social media (or digital media more generally), by creating online echo chambers and filter bubbles, increases political polarisation.
December 14, 2018
The practice of economic sanctions is not new. 2,400 years ago, Athens declared a trade embargo on the neighbouring city state of Megara, strangling the city’s trade.
December 11, 2018
External aviation policy in Europe was preceded by bilateral agreements between countries.
December 6, 2018
With the Italian Parliament still deep into its summer break, several important political and economic questions are gripping the minds of many voters.
November 12, 2018
In a world of increasing economic protectionism, the EU claims to remain committed to free and fair international trade.
October 23, 2018
With the Commission and Parliament both starting their last legislative year, one of the last challenges left on the political agenda is what to do about single-use plastics. The proposal currently making its way through Parliament is to ban the sale of products made from single-use plastics, from cotton buds to plastic straws.
October 1, 2018
In many ways the EU acts like a customs union when it comes to migration that leads to employment.
August 23, 2018
I ordered 200 millilitres of e-cigarette fluid from my online retailer this week. Not a large quantity – it is barely a third of a pint – and yet it came in twenty separate bottles, as it always does.
August 7, 2018
Picture yourself at a friend’s house. Your Samsung phone buzzes, alerting you to low battery, but you’ve left your charger at home.
