Democracy
The wave of unauthorized immigrants came and ended already three years ago
Tuesday 03 December 2019 |
Emanuela Barbiroglio | VoxEurop
Unauthorized immigrants living in European countries reached a peak in 2016 and have been decreasing since then.
The risks posed by 5-G driven smart cities
in depth
Sunday 13 October 2019 |
Andreas Vou | VoxEurop
The 5G networks that are being deployed all around Europe can provide inhabitants of cities with sustainable living, reduced traffic and stringent security, but the technology can also determine a slippery slope towards mass surveillance.
Climate change fractures the European Parliament
Wednesday 27 November 2019 |
Gianluca De Feo | OBC Transeuropa
While climate change may be drawing the attention of the public, MEPs’ twitter profiles seem to find relatively little room for it.
Battle for Greece
Thursday 04 July 2019 |
Irene Savio | VoxEurop
Leftwing coalition Syriza’s rise to power in 2015 seemed to swept away the old greek political order. But a journey through the strongholds of these dynasties shows they never went away. Their power lies deeper in history.
Romania’s presidential elections: the diaspora at the ballot box
Tuesday 26 November 2019 |
Giorgio Comai | OBC Transeuropa
At the latest Romanian presidential elections, almost one million Romanians voted from abroad, largely by casting their ballots in more than 800 polling stations open from Friday through Sunday. A visual exploration of the data.
The Europeans left out of the European elections
in depth
Thursday 31 January 2019 |
Lorenzo Ferrari Gina Pavone
Ornaldo Gjergji
| OBC Transeuropa
Almost 17 million EU citizens live in a member state other than their country of origin. These citizens are entitled to vote for the European Parliament from where they reside, but almost none of them do so. It’s a wasted opportunity for a more transnational politics.
A busy day at the European Parliament: SOTEU, copyright, and Hungary
Wednesday 12 September 2018 |
Giorgio Comai | OBC Transeuropa
The big debates on the EU's future that traditionally follow the State of the Union address (also known as SOTEU) by EC Commission President Juncker at the European Parliament did not grab all the attention of Brussels-watchers today.
How gender balanced will the next European Parliament be?
Tuesday 26 March 2019 |
Gina Pavone | OBC Transeuropa
Will parties run enough women, and will they be placed in electable positions on electoral lists? Besides electoral systems, determination and concrete action are required to incentivise female representation. Let’s take a look at where we are now, with the numbers in hand.
It’s the fragmentation, stupid!
Tuesday 11 June 2019 |
Cas Mudde | VoxEurop
The next five years the European Union will be more fragmented than ever. This fragmentation is the key lesson of the 2019 European elections. However, contrary to the dominant narrative of the last decade or so, the old centrist blocs are not confronted with just a plethora of anti-system populist parties and groups.
Meet the European Parliament's twittersphere
Friday 19 January 2018 |
Giorgio Comai | OBC Transeuropa
This is the first in a series of posts on how members of the European Parliament (MEPs) appear on Twitter. This first post introduces the EP twittersphere, outlines limitations to the analysis, and points at some broad trends. The following posts will focus on specific aspects.
