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The geography of intra-EU power games

The global backdrop upon which the EU has been developing its integration path has gone through multiple and dramatic changes in only a few years. What has not radically changed, however, are some European internal power dynamics. To be…

Life after Merkel

A great deal of the European Union we know today, with its positive and negative sides, has been shaped by Chancellor Angela Merkel. Certainly, it has not all been sunshine and rainbows, for example during the German austerity crusade over…

Now, can we please get Brexit done?

The Brits have spoken again. In less than three years after the 2016 referendum on European membership, the December 12th elections marked the third time citizens endorsed a prime minister to get Brexit done. The outcome of the elections…