Nationalism
An interview with Benjamin de Cleen on nationalism versus populism in Europe, the Flemish far-right, and the limits of the cordon sanitaire.
Read moreThe question of the future of European integration became especially important after the “Leave” vote in the referendum on UK membership in the European Union. Do we need just better common institutions – or do we need a new vision, as Dutch author Dick Pels, suggests?
Read moreThe Brexit vote has been interpreted by some as demonstrating a desire to take back sovereignty and control. Yet defining exactly what this missing sovereignty amounts to, and what its place in the world of today is, seems to persistently elude us.
Read moreMass migration is the 21st century’s revolution – leading, in turn, to a counter-revolution which threatens the core idea of the European Union. The refugee crisis has resulted in the reinforcement of stereotypes that Eastern and Western Europe already held about each other.
Read moreMaciej Kuziemski interviews Jan Zielonka, who says that what’s required is a form of European integration able to meet the needs of societies put under pressure by current geopolitical tensions and the digital revolution.
Read moreThere is a kind of nationalism in Europe that is not only progressive, but has the potential to reinforce European integration.
Read moreTo what extent are the values we ascribe to Europe today rooted in religion?
Read moreThe serious challenges confronting the European Union have placed the future course of its integration in doubt. Against this backdrop, young people have a central role to play.
Read moreA shadow looms over Europe. Everywhere, new borders are sprouting up overnight like mushrooms.
Read moreThe idea of Europe becomes much more than simply an idea when people, overcoming the uncertainty – if not outright hostility – of states, act according to borderless solidarity.
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