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The Catalan government is crossing legal limits by calling a referendum without the formal authorisation of the central government. But it is still more legitimate than the forces obstructing it.
Lisbon: the caravan documenting Portugal’s housing crisis
A four-wheels citizen-report into the state of housing is making its way across Portugal, gathering testimonies and fighting for tenant rights.
This German election marks a tidal change in European politics
Germany voted. Almost 13% of the electors chose the Alternative für Deutschland. Another populist victory, another success for the right …
Theresa May in Florence, or an old-style socks-and-sandals Brit abroad
Earlier this summer Theresa May came to Italy on holiday where she made headlines for drunkenly singing ‘God Save Our Gracious Queen’ in a hotel bar. To me, this was a more honest Theresa than the one we saw yesterday.
Fighting for citizenship in a post-Brexit Europe
Last week, during a day of action in London, British and Europeans mobilised together to protect their EU citizenship rights, turning anxiety into action.
State of the Union: A call for more solidarity
An EU27 that doesn’t focus on more equality, more opportunities and more solidarity for its citizens, is an EU that risks repeating the same mistakes again that led to a decade of austerity and a vote to leave by one of its Member States. The Commission needs to understand this if it is to play the leading role that Juncker envisions.
Whoever lives here, comes from here
With less than ten days to go before the German federal elections, the “Schulz train,” a popular meme from the beginning of the election campaign, has long since halted and the Social Democrats are now far behind the Christian Democrats in the polls.