European Union
Populism has been defined as one of the key threats to democracy since the early 2000s making experts increasingly concerned. Populist Radical Right (PRR) parties have been gaining influence in the European Union, even in member states once considered immune to their popularity. By examining the characteristics of these PRR
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Europe’s borders are not just distant physical barriers but powerful forces shaping how we perceive and manage migration across the continent. “Thinking Outside the Border,” an illustrated booklet launched by doctoral researcher Anna Marino, focuses on this reality. Created with the activist Simone Gavazzi and illustrator Arianna Sisani, the project ...
+ Read moreEuropean asylum policy still has a long way to go to better address protection challenges. The EU’s new Pact on Asylum has been created to manage some of the existing imbalances by assisting countries receiving more seekers with relocations, financial aid, or taking responsibility for applicants and easing their pressure. ...
+ Read moreOn this day, 25 years ago, Switzerland signed a bilateral agreement with the European Union to establish the free movement of persons. It is time to look back on how this issue has shaped Swiss politics thus far. The idea of the free movement of persons as reciprocal mobility rights ...
+ Read moreAfter more than three years of negotiations and just before the upcoming elections of the European Parliament, the European Union (EU) reached a provisional agreement on a new migration deal. Hailed as a historic agreement that will overhaul the EU’s migration and asylum policy framework, how would this deal change ...
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