Former Editor-in-Chief of The New Federalist. Opinions presented in articles represent author’s personal views rather than a common view held by The New Federalist.
“I am not white, no I’m not black”, sings Danyel Waro in his song Batarsité. In these few words, the icon of traditional maloya music summarised the spirit of the island. Continents come together in Réunion in the Indian Ocean.
samedi 4 août 2018
The 21st edition of the FIFA World Cup ended in Russia on Sunday with the coronation of France, and some football experts talk about European domination having been ongoing since 2006. However, the EU seemed totally invisible the following day in Helsinki where Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met on 16 July.
jeudi 19 juillet 2018
Nowadays, the tie is an essential piece of clothing for men. But who can lay claim to being behind the tie, whose long history stretches across multiple centuries and is, to say the least, exciting and fundamentally European ? Originated in Croatia The history of the tie began with the (…)
dimanche 15 juillet 2018
Is European defence - truly an recurring topic - about to be relaunched ? Judging by the signals recently sent by Berlin, where there has since the end of World War II been wariness at everything that sounds like military action, the EU may well finally be getting an embryonic common military. (…)
vendredi 6 juillet 2018
How to tackle the crisis of citizens’ trust in “Western” democracy ? How to give a fresh boost to European democracy (assuming it truly exists) ? Several innovative ideas are trying to find answers. Deliberative democracy is among them. From 31 May to 3 June, the German-French Young Leaders (…)
samedi 9 juin 2018
“Europe is the cities”, one often hears from those describing our ‘continent’. One could just as well say that “Europe is the sea”, such is the extent to which the open water has shaped our cultures. Given this, should we analyse our relationship to the sea from a geopolitical perspective ? (…)
vendredi 8 juin 2018
From 23 to 26 May, 2019, those eligible to vote in the EU will elect a new European Parliament. Exclusively for our German sister edition Treffpunkt Europa, the electoral analysis platform Europe Elects analyses the current mood in the Union and regularly predicts the future seat distribution through surveys.
mardi 22 mai 2018
In an article from 2007, Jean-François Thull narrates the life story of Robert Schuman, one of the ’founding fathers’ of the European Union.
mercredi 9 mai 2018
Rémi Laurent argues that the adoption of English as a common language for Europeans would impoverish our thinking and bring about other problems.
samedi 16 septembre 2017
Pierre Jouvenat argues that instead of transnational lists, European-level parties should compete for votes in national-level constituencies.
vendredi 15 septembre 2017
The establishment of a European military force should start at sea, Rémi Laurent argues.
lundi 31 juillet 2017
The shift from a two-party system to a multiparty system has caused a political crisis in Spain. Can the big parties adapt to the new system and adopt a culture of dialogue and compromise ?
mardi 13 décembre 2016
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