The gilets jaunes’ protests started on Saturday, 17th of November 2018. France has a long history of citizens taking to the streets to force the hands of the government over the past 50 years. The “yellow vests” blocked roads and caused traffic chaos. The demonstration arose from anger over rising fuel prices and taxes. These […]
One century ago World War I ended. It was the fracture between an era and a start of a new even more tragic one. A moment to fix in time. A theme that has been discussed and analysed in several occasions during these weeks in Brussels. This special issue of NEU is dedicated to this […]
An international summit on Libya took place in Palermo on the 12th and 13th of November. The intention of the Italian Government was to play a pivotal role on the hard peaceful process running in the Northern-African country. Libya because of its position plays a key role on migrations in the Mediterranean Sea. But it […]
One of the major obstacles to Franco-German reconciliation after the war was the question of coal and steel production. Coal and steel were the two most vital materials for developed nations; the backbone of a successful economy. Coal was the primary energy source in Europe, accounting for almost 70% of fuel consumption. Steel was a […]
Paris hosted some 70 world Heads of State and Government on the 11th of November for a ceremony to commemorate the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I in 1918. The world leaders, including the President of the EU Commission Jean Claude Juncker and the President of United State and Russia, Donald Trump […]
The Science with and for Society is one of the horizontal line of funding within the Horizon2020 programme aimed at consolidating cooperation between science and society, promoting responsible research and innovation, as well as culture, scientific education and public confidence in science. The SWAFS Work Programme 2018-2020 has been developed to reflect and support the […]
The 11th of November 2018 was a very special day in the world`s affairs. France commemorated the centenary of the World War I armistice. More than 80 world leaders gathered for the Paris ceremony. They all discussed upon the political issues. Economic aspects however deeply shaped the war. Before the industrial revolution, major economic downturns […]
John McCrae inspired the poppy tradition to remember WWI with his poem In Flanders Field, whose final lines read: If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. 100 years after World War I it is hard to say who is breaking the faith of those […]
Brexit will be our main topic for this number with a lot of analysis, an interesting interview and furthermore other subjects related to the main theme. The title is a question not a statement as you can see. And this is of course because what seemed to be an unstoppable process until some months ago […]
Since everything collapsed in June 2016 when the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, slow negotiations are still ongoing. After that day everything turned into a culture-clash between pro-EU and euro-skepticals. Brexiters lend populists around Europe a hand in their campaign against the EU. Since then, the EU started looking weaker and weaker […]
