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Hope Returns To Afghanistan In Landmark Presidential Election

Afghanistan, a nation marred by violence and poverty, has been given little cause for optimism in recent times. This past weekend, however, hope returned to the hearts of the Afghan people as they came forth to cast their votes...

by John Haltiwanger

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Why Some Minorities In France Vote For The Far-Right Political Party Front National

[All links lead to French-language pages unless otherwise stated] When France’s Eurosceptic right-wing Front National (FN) party topped the country’s polls in last month’s European elections, it had its hardl...

by Global Voices

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European tug of war, or where are we going with Europe?

[twitter style=”horizontal” source=”intlpolitical” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” float=”left”] “Europe can’t close its eyes to the danger of our time”, Ko...

by Gilles Pittoors

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Pride In The Face Of Russia

Alexi Kaye Campbell’s The Pride is this month’s must-see in London’s West End, and its timely revival is far from incidental. Jamie Lloyd’s brilliant young cast will not only leave you feeling entertained and intellectu...

by Stefanie Mair

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‘One Member One Vote’ – Radical Reforms To UK Labour

Proposals to change the link between the UK Labour party and the trade unions have been approved at the party’s spring conference with 86% of members in favour of the new rules. The Labour Leader Ed Miliband had urged the pa...

by James Walker

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Macedonians Criticise President Ivanov’s Surprising UN Speech

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov kept silent and out of the public eye during the several months of ethnically charged clashes in Macedonia. Then, in September 2014 he presented a speech before the UN Security Council, whic...

by Danica Radisic

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Yoga and the Quest for a European Future

On April 18th 1951, six European nations signed the Treaty of Paris establishing the European Coal and Steel Community in order to resolve the thorny German Question. By putting the European coal and steel production under a si...

by Gilles Pittoors

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Subsidiarity, or the Conflict between Scale and Community in the EU

A while ago, I read an article saying that we should reconsider the division of tasks in the EU. It was a good article. The author essentially proposed to apply the principle of subsidiarity, which says that each policy area sh...

by Gilles Pittoors

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Undercover Eurocrat: Bash a Banker

Forgive my long absence. Welcome back to Undercover Eurocrat! This week in Strasbourg, the big story of the week was MEPs voting overwhelming to restrict the annual bonuses bankers receive to 100% of their salary, (or 200% with...

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Hope Returns To Afghanistan In Landmark Presidential Election

Why Some Minorities In France Vote For The Far-Right Political Party Front National

European tug of war, or where are we going with Europe?

Pride In The Face Of Russia

‘One Member One Vote’ – Radical Reforms To UK Labour

Macedonians Criticise President Ivanov’s Surprising UN Speech

Yoga and the Quest for a European Future

Subsidiarity, or the Conflict between Scale and Community in the EU

Undercover Eurocrat: Bash a Banker

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