CULTURE

Battle for the middle ground

European elections in the Nordic countries, especially the three EU member states – Denmark, Finland and Sweden – are often…

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Balkan realities | Eurozine

When Jean-Claude Juncker became president of the European Commission in 2014, he declared that accession negotiations would continue over the…

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Emergency in Slovakia | Eurozine

‘Emergencies’ have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have eroded. F. Hayek The assassination attempt…

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Goetz on ageing | Eurozine

Does antisemitism have roots in Islam? In the 900th edition of Merkur, Manfred Sing looks at the historical evidence and…

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Bracing for a populist surge

In all three Baltic states, the ubiquitous gloom stemming from Russia’s ongoing threat has firmed up the view of the…

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The Moscow connection | Eurozine

Kaja Puto: Where does the German left’s sympathy for Russia come from? Reinhard Bingener: In Germany, we have four leftwing…

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Warehousing children | Eurozine

From the public school superpower Finland to arch-capitalist Britain, education varies widely across Europe. Across this spectrum, one factor remains…

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Back to square one | Eurozine

When intellectuals and politicians start talking obsessively about their country’s great ‘originality’, ‘special path’ and a ‘unique mission in the…

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No longer a footnote | Eurozine

In the early days of March 2022, as Russian troops were approaching the outskirts of Kyiv, international media were focused…

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Tearing down Fortress Europe | Eurozine

Migration is one of today’s most powerful, and most entrenched, imaginaries. The word conjures up images of walls, borders, police,…

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