The Curse Of Intergovernmentalist System Errors
by Leo Klinkers | In my article Anarchy + Anarchy = Strong Man in Europe-Today Magazine of 8 April, 2020 I mentioned six system errors of the EU operating system.…
Anarchy + Anarchy = Strong Man
by Leo Klinkers | This title is provocative. If you don't like it, you'd better start reading something else. Go wait until black shirts kick in the door and put…
Third time’s the charm – Europe must shockproof itself
by Joel Boehme | We Europeans must step up our game. Moreover, we must do so with a holistic understanding of the Union’s reluctance to own uncomfortable competences. Indeed, the…
If the European Union was a federation…
by Michele Ballerin | ... you could have, dear reader, everything you are asking to do to manage the health emergency, and even something more. But the European Union is…
Reform the European asylum rules!
by Mihaela Sirițanu & Joel Boehme | Turkey abandoning their migrational commitments to Europe must prompt The Union to reflect on its attempts to solve the refugee crisis. Surrendering our…
Open letter on federal Europe for sardines and other european movements
by Lorenzo Sparviero | The current Libyan crisis once again highlights the dramatic non-existence of the European Union. Everyone agrees that it would be useful, necessary and urgent for the…
Divided, no. Just starved of acceptable choices
MOVING ON, BECAUSE WE MUST Tempers are frayed, emotions are running high and composure is fragile – everyone is now saying what they’ve been thinking for a while. Many of…
The Rotten Election
by Stuart Clark | The General Election on 12th December 2019 will go down in history as one of the worst elections ever. It’s the Election that wasn’t needed and…
Albania and Northern-Macedonia. Victims of autocratizing EU-oligarchy
by Leo Klinkers | What happened? In October 2019, the European Council decided, on the advice of the EU ministers concerned, to stop accession negotiations with Albania and Northern-Macedonia. France,…
Give room to the Oceans, then the rising sea level can be lowered
by Emile Glans van Essen & Leo Klinkers | Introduction Climate measures are based on combating the causes of rising temperatures and helping to slow down rising sea levels. But…