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German reunification as a misunderstanding between Kohl and Mitterand

The years 1989 and 1990 were marked by numerous tensions between François Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl, best exemplified by the process of reunification of the two Germanies. The French president’s attitude was sharply criticized at times, with some accusing him of being hostile to reunification. (…)

dimanche 22 novembre 2020

The (dis)information crisis : An overview of political solutions in Europe

Barack Obama was born in Kenya ? Emmanuel Macron is gay ? A lot of sensationalist news vastly propagated on the internet turns out to be false. Popularised under the term fake news in the United States during the presidential campaign, the term denotes any news that is deliberately misleading (…)

vendredi 10 août 2018

Divina Frau-Meigs : « Content should not be censored in the fight against fake news »

Our partner Eurosorbonne met with Divina Frau-Meigs, professor at the Institute of the English-speaking world at the New Sorbonne University (Paris 3) and member of the recent High Level Expert Group on Fake News and Online Disinformation of the European Commission. The publication of their (…)

jeudi 5 juillet 2018

Which protection of fundamental rights in Europe ? Council of Europe vs. European Union

The European continent is where human rights and fundamental freedoms are the most protected. The European project, since the very beginning, has made the respect of these rights and liberties the sine qua non condition of its success. It is also one of the only domains of European cooperation (…)

mercredi 4 avril 2018

The future of the single market in the UK

Over a year has passed since the referendum on Britain’s membership to the European Union. On the 23rd of June 2016, the ‘Leave’ camp, favourable to the exit of the UK from the European Union, won with 51.9% of the vote. The UK will therefore leave the European Union on March 29th 2019. The (…)