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01.05.2014
Counter-Democracy To the Rescue of EuropeFuture of EU

Europe is dead. Or is it long live Europe? There are those who believe the threat of paralysis and dissolution remains, and those who optimistically seize any small positive sign as a reason to announce (yet again) that Europe’s crises can serve as a springboard.

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01.05.2014
What Difference Can It Make? A Comparison of the Parties’ Electoral ManifestosPolitics

As the different European Parties unveil their election manifestos, we can see real differences in the direction that each of them want to take Europe over the coming years. The voters will have a real choice in next month’s European Parliament election.

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01.05.2014
Political Ecology is a Martial ArtPolitics

Greens are impatient people. The sentiment of urgency has been fuelling their calls for radical change over the past four decades.

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01.05.2014
Forbidding Overfishing in EuropeEnvironment

An interview with Swedish Green MEP Isabella Lövin on overfishing in Europe.

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01.05.2014
Improving LGBT Rights in Times of a Conservative ReactionWelfare and Social Issues

An interview with Austrian Green MEP Ulrike Lunacek, who addresses LGBT issues and EU enlargement to the Eastern European countries.

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01.05.2014
Green Victories for Digital RightsWelfare and Social Issues

An interview with German Green MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht on his struggles for digital rights in the European Parliament.

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01.05.2014
A Tough Fight On Social IssuesWelfare and Social Issues

An interview with Jean Lambert, MEP for the United Kingdom.

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01.05.2014
Climate/Energy: The Empire Strikes BackEnvironment

An interview with Claude Turmes, Green MEP from Luxembourg (Die Greng).

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01.05.2014
The Green European FightsFuture of EU

One of the primary conclusions of the past five years is that the days of “easy politics” are gone, we have moved to an era of “hard politics.”

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30.04.2014
Giving Streets, and Power, to the PeoplePolitics

A referendum to pedestrianise a street in Vienna, though successful, forced to Greens to examine their narrative for creating a greener city. How do they build support among those who are still suspicious of what a green transformation can offer?

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